Standard
How to spot it: Holo or non-holo per the card, with the regular foil placement.
The common, affordable version.
01Card Stats
Stage 2 (evolves from Ivysaur)
HP
100
TypeGrass
RarityRare Holo
IllustratorMitsuhiro Arita
WeaknessFire ×2
Retreat●●
SetLegendary Collection
Released2002
02Editions and Print Runs
The 2002 Legendary Collection reissued classic Wizards-era cards and, famously, gave every card a reverse-holo parallel. There is a standard version and a much scarcer reverse-holo version.
Reverse Holo (parallel)
How to spot it: Foil applied across the entire card body instead of just the art window.
The valuable version. The full-body foil scratches and "whitens" very easily, so high-grade copies are genuinely scarce.
04Variants and Foiling
- Rarity tiers
- Rare Holo, Reverse Holo (parallel)
- Foiling
- Standard holo plus the prized reverse-holo parallel (full-body foil). The reverse holo scratches easily, which is exactly why clean copies are scarce.
- Alt art / specials
- No alternate artwork; the value spread is entirely standard-vs-reverse-holo and condition.
05Language and Regional Versions
- English
- Standard English release.
- Japanese
- Released in the equivalent Japanese set.
- European
- Localized European prints exist with translated text.
- Other
- No documented language-exclusive errors of note.
06Current Market Value
Market value
~$799.99 raw
Raw copies run $250.00 to $490.00
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07Why Collectors Want It
- Its reverse-holo parallel is a benchmark chase card from the beloved Legendary Collection set.
- The full-body foil scratches easily, so gem-mint copies are scarce and command large premiums.
- Reissues classic Venusaur artwork with the distinctive Legendary Collection treatment.
- One of the most valuable non-secret cards of the 2002 era.
- A centerpiece for both Venusaur and Legendary Collection set collectors.
08Competitive Playability
Tier: None (collectible)
A reprint-era Stage 2 whose appeal is entirely collectible — the reverse-holo rarity and condition sensitivity, not tournament play.
09Card Moves and Abilities
Ability: Energy Trans
Solarbeam
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
10Grading and Population
PSA 10 estimate: Reverse-holo PSA 10 is genuinely scarce because the full-body foil shows scratches and edge whitening readily.
Grade drives an enormous spread: the base holo realizes ~$53 raw (PSA 10 ~$1,017), while the scarcer reverse-holo parallel reaches ~$346 raw and ~$4,885 at PSA 10 (PriceCharting realized, May 2026).
Other graders: CGC and BGS also grade these; PSA leads the secondary market.