Bulbasaur 46/100 · Crystal Guardians

Bulbasaur is Pokédex #001, generation 1 (Kanto). Bulbasaur is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Ivysaur, Ivysaur (#002) under evolves to.

Bulbasaur sits at 46/100 in Crystal Guardians, position 46 of 100. Before it is 45 Bulbasaur, and after it is 47 Cacnea. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 August 2006. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Growth lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Attach a Grass Energy card from your hand to Bulbasaur. Vine Whip is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Bulbasaur (#001) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 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 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Bulbasaur list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Crystal Guardians set binder is where a full Crystal Guardians 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.