Venusaur · Expedition Base Set, what to know.
About the Venusaur card
Venusaur is card 68 of 165 in Expedition Base Set, released in September 2002, a Rare. It is a Stage 2 Grass-type with 100 HP.
As a Stage 2, it evolves from Ivysaur, which places Venusaur deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.
Illustrated by Shin-ichi Yoshikawa.
About Venusaur in the Pokémon world
The fully evolved grass starter. A heavy-set quadruped with a large pink flower on its back. Tank archetype in the games. The grass Charizard equivalent in Base Set. Holo run dominates collector demand and Venusaur is the value play of the original three starters, with 1st Edition prices appreciating faster than Blastoise over the last 18 months.
What is Venusaur worth?
Venusaur is a non-holo Rare. In Expedition Base Set, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Venusaur 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.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Venusaur before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Venusaur grades on centering and edges more than surface. The card was played and traded more freely than the holos, so a clean, well-centered Venusaur is worth more than collectors assume.
If you are collecting Venusaur
For Venusaur, 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 Venusaur can make sense.
