Venusaur-EX 1/146 · XY

XY is a set in the XY series. It was released on February 5, 2014. The printed size is 146, and the checklist is the same length. Venusaur-EX is 1/146, in position 1 of 146 on this checklist. The next card is 2 M Venusaur-EX. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Venusaur-EX is a Basic EX Grass Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Venusaur (#003), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists M Venusaur-EX, Venusaur (#003) under evolves to.

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 28 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 is named Venusaur, while this one is Venusaur-EX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 40 other cards of Venusaur list a different HP.

The attack Poison Powder lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Jungle Hammer is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for XY, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the XY set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Venusaur can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Kanto starters, without Charizard and Card number 1. I still need this card.