Venusaur-EX XY123/211 · XY Black Star Promos

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

Venusaur-EX sits at XY123/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 124 of 216. Before it is XY122 Blastoise-EX, and after it is XY124 Pikachu-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

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.

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 Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 40 other cards of Venusaur list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoki Saito. I count 270 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

XY Black Star Promos set binder is where a full XY Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. 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. I still need this card.