Venusaur 3/73 · Shining Legends

Shining Legends is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on October 6, 2017. The printed size is 73. This checklist is longer, at 81 cards. Venusaur is 3/73, in position 3 of 81 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Ivysaur, and after it is 4 Shroomish. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Venusaur is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 160 HP. In the Pokédex this is Venusaur (#003), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Ivysaur. In this catalog that name is Ivysaur (#002).

Eske Yoshinob illustrated this card. The same name is on 177 other cards in the catalog.

Venusaur (#003) has 46 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Venusaur 15/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 46 other cards of Venusaur list a different HP.

Jungle Totem is listed as Ability. Each basic Grass Energy attached to your Pokémon provides GrassGrass Energy. You can't apply more than 1 Jungle Totem Ability at a time. The attack Solar Beam lists 90 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "By spreading the broad petals of its flower and catching the sun's rays, it fills its body with power."

I keep a set binder for Shining Legends, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Shining Legends set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Venusaur can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.