Dark Venusaur (Best of Game 7)

Dark Venusaur   わるいフシギバナ Bad Fushigibana

File:DarkVenusaur.jpg 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 English expansion Best of Game English card no. 7 Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards 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 was released as a Best of Game promotional card.

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

Species	Seed Pokémon
Length	6'7"
Weight	221 lbs.

Release information

This card was released as a promotional card. In Japan, it came with Volume 10 of Pokémon Trainer's Magazine, released in March 2001. The card was 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.

Origin

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