Bellsprout 66/130 · Base Set 2

Base Set 2 is a set in the Base series. It was released on 24 February 2000. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. Bellsprout is 66/130, in position 66 of 130 on this checklist. Before it is 65 Abra, and after it is 67 Bulbasaur. The listed rarity is Common.

Bellsprout is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 11. In the Pokédex this is Bellsprout (#069), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Weepinbell, Weepinbell (#070) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Bellsprout (#069) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Bellsprout 49/64 in Jungle (1999). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. 12 other cards of Bellsprout list a different HP.

The attack Vine Whip lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. Call for Family is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon named Bellsprout and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. (You can't use this attack if your Bench is full.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A carnivorous Pokémon that traps and eats bugs. It uses its root feet to soak up needed moisture."

I keep a set binder for Base Set 2, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base Set 2 set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Bellsprout can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.