Dark Ivysaur (Best of Game 6)

Dark Ivysaur LV.16
わるいフシギソウ Bad Fushigisou

Illus. Shin-ichi Yoshida

Evolution stage

Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Bulbasaur

Card name

Dark Ivysaur

Type

Grass

HP

50

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

Japanese expansion	Unnumbered Promotional cards

TCG GB2 set	Team Rocket's Ambition
TCG GB2 rarity
TCG GB2 ID	H02

English expansion	Best of Game
English card no.	6
Japanese expansion	Pokémon Web
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	017/048

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Ivysaur.

Dark Ivysaur (Japanese: わるいフシギソウ Bad Fushigisou) is a Grass-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the Unnumbered Promotional cards in Japan, and later released in English as a Best of Game promotional card.

Card text (Japanese promotional print)

Pokémon Power:

Vine Pull

つるでひっぱる

Once during your turn when Dark Ivysaur retreats, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with his or her Active Pokémon.

Fury Strikes

みだれうち

Your opponent puts 3 markers onto his or her Pokémon (divided as he or she chooses). (More than 1 marker can be put on the same Pokémon.) Then, this attack does 10 damage to each Pokémon for each marker on it. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance. Remove the markers at the end of the turn.

Pokédex data

Ivysaur - Seed Pokémon

No.

002

Height

3'3" (1.0 m)

Weight

29 lbs. (13.0 kg)

Pokédex entry

背中からのびる、よく発達したつるを自在に操り、相手をむやみにひっぱったりすることがある。

Card text (Best of Game print)

Vine Pull

つるでひっぱる

Once during your turn when Dark Ivysaur retreats, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with his or her Active Pokémon.

Fury Strikes

みだれうち

Your opponent puts 3 markers onto his or her Pokémon (divided as he or she chooses). (More than 1 marker can be put on the same Pokémon.) Then, this attack does 10 damage to each Pokémon for each marker on it. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance. Remove the markers at the end of the turn.

Pokédex data

Ivysaur - Seed Pokémon

No.

002

Height

3'3" (1.0 m)

Weight

29 lbs. (13.0 kg)

Release information

In Japan, this card was initially only available as part of the game Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! as a GB-exclusive card. It was later printed and made available in the same month as the game's release as an insert came with Volume 10 of Pokémon Card Trainers magazine, released in March 2001. The card was subsequently reprinted in Pokémon Web, updating the Pokémon Power into a Poké-BODY. The English version of this card was released as a Best of Game card at BattleZone events in April 2003. A version with a gold "Winner" stamp in the bottom right corner of the artwork was awarded to those who had won a certain number of matches in the event. A Jumbo version of the Winner print was also given out.

Gallery

GB2 Team Rocket's Ambition sprite

Trivia

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.