Dark Ivysaur (Best of Game 6)

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

Unnumbered Promotional print
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

Unnumbered 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 m)

Weight

29 lbs. (13 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。

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 m)

Weight

29 lbs. (13 kg)

Release information

In Japan, this card was first available as an Unnumbered Promotional card alongside Dark Venusaur and was included in Volume 10 of Pokémon Card Trainers magazine, released on March 1, 2001. This print uses the Neo Series layout and features the aesthetic differences common to Dark Pokémon cards from this period. It also features a "GB" symbol in place of an expansion symbol, referencing its ties to the Game Boy Color title Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR! It was reprinted in the Japanese Pokémon Web expansion. This print uses the e-Card Series layout, updates the Pokémon Power to a Poké-BODY, and lacks any Dark Pokémon aesthetics. The Pokémon Web print was available outside Japan as part of the Best of Game collection, and was distributed at BattleZone events in April 2003. A version with a gold foil "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. The "Winner" stamp is Non Holofoil on the Jumbo version.