Base Set

Venusaur

Name: Venusaur BS 15
Brand: Pokémon

BS15· Rare

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 100
Type: Grass
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Number: 15/102
Set: Base SetBS
Illustrated by: Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Energy Trans

As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may take 1 Grass Energy card attached to 1 of your Pokémon and attach it to a different one. This power can't be used if Venusaur is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Its attacks

Solarbeam

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.

A strength
100 HP. Only 2 cards in Base Set carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Energy Trans. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,811 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.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Ivysaur to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 914 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

Base Set landed here on 9 January 1999.

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 49 Venusaur cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Venusaur card and its price

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 100
Type: Grass
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Number: 15/102
Set: Base SetBS
Illustrated by: Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Energy Trans

Its attacks

Solarbeam

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.

A strength
100 HP. Only 2 cards in Base Set carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Energy Trans. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,811 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.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Ivysaur to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 914 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 100
Type: Grass
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Number: 15/102
Set: Base SetBS
Illustrated by: Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Energy Trans

Its attacks

Solarbeam

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.

A strength
100 HP. Only 2 cards in Base Set carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Energy Trans. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,811 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.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Ivysaur to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 914 run at least one Pokémon of that type.