Dark Venusaur (Best of Game 7)

Dark Venusaur   わるいフシギバナ Bad Fushigibana

Illus. Shin-ichi Yoshida

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Dark Ivysaur Card name Dark Venusaur Type Grass HP 70 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards TCG GB2 set Team Rocket's Ambition TCG GB2 rarity TCG GB2 ID H03 English expansion Best of Game English card no. 7 Japanese expansion Pokémon Web Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 041/048 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Venusaur.

Dark Venusaur (Japanese: わるいフシギバナ Bad Fushigibana) is a Grass-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is one of the Best of Game promotional cards.

Card text

Horrid Pollen いやなかふん 30

Flip 2 coins. If 1 is heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. If both are heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned. If both are tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed and Poisoned.

Pokédex data (Japanese promotional print)

Venusaur - Seed Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
003	6'7" (2.0 m)	221 lbs. (100.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
大きな花が開いたとき、100万分の1の確率で、花粉をまき散らし、相手を特殊状態にする。

Pokédex data (Best of Game print)

Venusaur - Seed Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
003	6'7" (2.0 m)	221 lbs. (100.0 kg)

Release information

In Japan, this card was initially only available as part of the game Pokémon_Card_GB2:_Here_Comes_Team_GR! as a GB-exclusive card. It was later printed and made available in the same month as the game's release as an insert with Volume 10 of Pokémon Card Trainers magazine, released in March 2001. The card was subsequently reprinted in Pokémon Web. The English version of this card was released at BattleZone events in May 2003.

Trivia

• Dark Venusaur is the only Dark final form Kanto starter Pokémon that was not released in the Team Rocket expansion.
• Dark Venusaur is the only Grass-type final form starter to be a Dark Pokémon.
• The English card has another version, which includes a gold "Winner" stamp in the bottom right corner of the artwork. These were awarded to those who had won a certain number of matches in the event. A jumbo versions of the card was also released, with the winner logo, which lack the reverse-holographic treatment.

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.