Erika's Victreebel

Erika's Victreebel is card 26 of 132 in Gym Heroes, released in August 2000, a Rare. It is a Stage 2 Grass-type with 80 HP.

As a Stage 2, it evolves from Erika's Weepinbell, which places Erika's Victreebel deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.

Erika is the Grass-type Gym Leader of Celadon City, a calm tea enthusiast who tends the city's gardens. Erika's Victreebel is part of that themed lineup.

Illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Sugimori is the lead character designer of Pokémon itself, so his card art carries the tight, on-model look that defined how the creatures appear in the games.

The Grass-Poison final form of the Bellsprout line via Leaf Stone. Pitcher-plant silhouette. Jungle holo Victreebel is a quiet collector favorite. Centered PSA 10 examples are scarcer than expected.

Erika's Victreebel is a non-holo Rare. In Gym Heroes, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Erika's Victreebel trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.

Gym Heroes shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The trainer-prefix naming runs across the set, and the 1st Edition Erika's Victreebel carries the Edition 1 stamp and a premium over Unlimited in matching grade.

On Erika's Victreebel, look at the corners and the framed border first. Non-holo Rares took more handling than the chase holos, so a sharp, centered copy of Erika's Victreebel in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.

For Erika's Victreebel, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Erika's Victreebel can make sense.