Crystal Guardians

Venusaur

Name: Venusaur CG 28
Brand: Pokémon

CG28· Rare

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What the card itself says

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

HP: 110
Type: Grass
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Number: 28/100
Set: Crystal GuardiansCG
Illustrated by: Hajime Kusajima

Its Ability

Chlorophyll

All Energy cards that provide only Colorless Energy attached to your Grass Pokémon provide Grass Energy instead.

Its attacks

Green Blast

20+

Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Grass Energy attached to all of your Pokémon.

Toxic Sleep

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns.

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
It has an Ability, Chlorophyll. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,826 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 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 916 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

Crystal Guardians landed here on 30 August 2006.

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: 110
Type: Grass
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Number: 28/100
Set: Crystal GuardiansCG
Illustrated by: Hajime Kusajima

Its Ability

Chlorophyll

All Energy cards that provide only Colorless Energy attached to your Grass Pokémon provide Grass Energy instead.

Its attacks

Green Blast

20+

Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Grass Energy attached to all of your Pokémon.

Toxic Sleep

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns.

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
It has an Ability, Chlorophyll. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,826 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 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 916 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: 110
Type: Grass
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Number: 28/100
Set: Crystal GuardiansCG
Illustrated by: Hajime Kusajima

Its Ability

Chlorophyll

All Energy cards that provide only Colorless Energy attached to your Grass Pokémon provide Grass Energy instead.

Its attacks

Green Blast

20+

Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Grass Energy attached to all of your Pokémon.

Toxic Sleep

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns.

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
It has an Ability, Chlorophyll. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,826 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 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 916 run at least one Pokémon of that type.