Bulbasaur SM198/248 · SM Black Star Promos

Bulbasaur is Pokédex #001, generation 1 (Kanto). Bulbasaur is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Ivysaur, Ivysaur (#002) under evolves to.

Bulbasaur sits at SM198/248 in SM Black Star Promos, position 201 of 251. Before it is SM197 Greninja-GX, and after it is SM199 Psyduck. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Ram lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Vine Whip is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A strange seed was planted on its back at birth. The plant sprouts and grows with this Pokémon."

Bulbasaur (#001) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Bulbasaur 44/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and MPC Film illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 18 other cards of Bulbasaur list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads MPC Film. I count 14 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

SM Black Star Promos set binder is where a full SM Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Bulbasaur can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.