Venusaur (Expedition 67)

Venusaur   フシギバナ Fushigibana

Illus. Atsuko Nishida

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Ivysaur Card name Venusaur Type Grass HP 100 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Expansion Expedition Base Set Rarity English card no. 67/165 Japanese Half Deck Pokémon-e Starter Deck Japanese card no. 004/029 Japanese expansion P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 012/P For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Venusaur.

Venusaur (Japanese: フシギバナ Fushigibana) is a Grass-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Expedition Base Set.

Card text

Leech Seed

やどりぎのたね

20

If this attack damages the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), remove 1 damage counter from Venusaur, if it has any.

Fury Strikes

みだれうち

30×

Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.

e-Reader data

This card has two prints: the Non Holofoil print has the card ID A-04-#, the Holofoil print has the card ID A-04. The short strip contains Pokédex information and a brief card summary. There is no long strip for this card. The species, height, and weight are present on the Holofoil print.

Pokédex data

Venusaur - Seed Pokémon

No.

003

Height

6'07" (2.0 m)

Weight

221.0 lbs. (100.0 kg)

Pokédex entry

As it warms itself and absorbs the sunlight, its flower petals release a pleasant fragrance.

たいようの　ひかりをあびて　からだが　あたたまってくると　はなびら　から　ここちよくなる　かおりが　ただよう。

Release information

This card was included in the English Expedition Base Set, first released in the Japanese Pokémon-e Starter Deck. In Japan, the card was reprinted as a Cosmos Holofoil P Promotional card, and was one of three cards available as part of the Starter Triple Get Campaign <Red Green Course>. The Starter Triple Get Campaign required people collect 3 proof of purchase seals from Pokémon-e Starter Decks (only 1 was present on each deck), and send them to the Pokémon Company affixed to a postcard. Five lotteries were held during the campaign period, which ran from December 1, 2001 until April 30, 2001. 2,000 sets of cards were distributed to drawn entrants in each lottery, making a total of 10,000 sets available. 5,000 of these were Red Green Course sets, which contained this card, Blastoise, and Charizard. The other 5,000 were Gold Silver Course sets, containing Meganium, Feraligatr, and Typhlosion. The lotteries were held on December 31, 2001; January 31, 2002; February 28, 2002; March 30, 2002; and April 30, 2002.

Trivia

Origin

Leech Seed is a move in the Pokémon games that Venusaur can learn. The Japanese name of the attack uses the hiragana たね rather than the katakana タネ used in the video games. Fury Strikes is an attack that first appeared on the Japanese Unnumbered Promotional Card Dark Ivysaur, which was later released in the English Best of Game collection. This card's e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Crystal.

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