Gym Challenge

Erika's Bellsprout

G238· Uncommon
Erika's Bellsprout G2 38

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What the card itself says

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HP
40
Type
Grass
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
38/132
Set
Gym ChallengeG2
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its Ability

Soak Up

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may take up to 2 Grass Energy cards attached to your other Pokémon and attach them to Erika's Bellsprout. This power can't be used if Erika's Bellsprout is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Its attacks

Stretch Vine

10

Choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon, and this attack does 10 damage to it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Soak Up. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,868 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,868 tournament lists we have read, 1,125 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Gym Challenge landed here on 16 October 2000.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 18 Bellsprout cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Bellsprout card and its price