Venusaur (Base Set 15)

Venusaur (Japanese: フシギバナ Fushigibana) is a Stage 2 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the .
==Card text==
===Base Set print===
===Legendary Collection print===
===Pokédex data (Base Set and Legendary Collection prints)===
===Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic print===
===Pokédex data (Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic print)===
==Release information==
This card was included in the with artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita, first released in the Japanese . It was rerelased in Japan as an with different artwork by Ken Sugimori as part of the Trade Please campaign that ran from February 10 to July 31 in 1998. Participants were required to mail a flyer included with copies of by Suzukisan to MediaFactory along with any two Pokémon trading cards and a return envelope within the campaign period. Participants could select a "course" detailed on the flyer by writing in the appropriate space. The "A Course" included a card and a promotional card. The "B Course" included a card and the Trade Please! card. The "C Course" included a copy of this card and the Trade Please! card. MediaFactory would then send the two cards from the chosen course to the participant, completing the trade. This print was later reprinted in the and again as part of the Pokémon Song Best Collection CD. Both the Trade Please and CD prints have the Pikachu Records logo in the place of an expansion symbol. The promo artwork would later be reused in the Bulbasaur Half Deck from the .
The Base Set print was reprinted in the and expansions. The Base Set print was later rereleased in the expansion's Classic Collection for the Pokémon 25th Anniversary. This print features the 25th Anniversary logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork and lacks Wizards of the Coast from the copyright information. In Japan, it was reprinted as part of the with a red and gold "25th" logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork. Both prints are Confetti Holofoil and have etching similar to Full Art cards.
In the Scarlet & Violet Series, this card was reprinted in Holofoil with its original Base Set artwork in the Venusaur & Lugia ex deck of the . This reprint lacks a regulation mark and is thus not legal for tournament play.
===Gallery===
==Trivia==
* Copies from the No Rarity print run of the incorrectly listed Venusaur as Pokemon #68 instead of #3. This was corrected in later print runs. 
* The Unnumbered Promotional prints available through the Trade Please campaign and in the Pokémon Song Best Collection CD have the Pikachu Records logo in place of an expansion symbol. The version from the Intro Pack (TCG) instead features a silhouette of a Bulbasaur.
* In for the Game Boy, Venusaur's Pokémon Power is named "Energy Transfer" in the Auto Deck Machine description of the .
===Origin===
, formatted on this card as Solarbeam, is a move in the Pokémon games that can learn. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from , though it is slightly reworded. The Japanese entry comes from .
Category:Base Set cards
Category:Expansion Pack cards
Category:Promotional cards
Category:Intro Pack cards
Category:Base Set 2 cards
Category:Legendary Collection cards
Category:Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition cards
Category:Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic cards
Category:Pokémon Card Game Classic cards
Category:Illus. by Mitsuhiro Arita
Category:Illus. by Ken Sugimori
Category:Holographic cards
de:Bisaflor (Grundset 15)
es:Venusaur (Base Set TCG)
fr:Florizarre (Set de Base 15)
it:Venusaur (Set Base 15)
ja:フシギバナ (第1弾)
zh:妙蛙花（基本系列）