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Bulbasaur

Mega Evolution

Mega Evolution · #133 · Illustration Rare · 2025

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Card facts

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Set position: 133 / 188
Release year: 2025
Rarity: Illustration Rare
HP: 80
Subtype: Basic
Evolves to: Ivysaur
Retreat cost: 2 energy
Regulation mark: I
Pokédex #: 1
Series: Mega Evolution

Card analysis

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Primary role: Attacker
Damage efficiency: 10 damage; 10 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Basic; Plays straight down — no evolution needed

Strategy & play

How Bulbasaur plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.

How to beat Bulbasaur

Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 1% of decks; 2.15 copies on average · 659 decks
Match win rate: 43.4%; -3.7 pts vs the 47.1% field average

Plays well with

Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.

Mega Venusaur ex

in 100% of decks · 637 seen

Ivysaur

in 100% of decks · 637 seen

Genesect

in 14% of decks · 92 seen

Leafeon

in 2% of decks · 10 seen

Mega Meganium ex

in 56% of decks · 359 seen

Urbain

in 3% of decks · 19 seen

Zarude

in 3% of decks · 16 seen

Mega Heracross ex

in 3% of decks · 18 seen

Budget alternatives

Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.

Lillie's Clefairy ex

$1.77 · in 24% of decks

Dreepy

$0.28 · in 22% of decks

Dusknoir

$0.28 · in 11% of decks

Dusclops

$0.25 · in 11% of decks

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About this card

HP: 80Type:GGrassSubtype: BasicEvolves to: Ivysaur

GBind Down — 10

During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.

Weakness:R×2

Retreat cost:CC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal

standardLegal

unlimitedLegal

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Recent tournament results

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Tournaments from the past 30 days where Bulbasaur was legal.

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Tournament play

This printing of Bulbasaur has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

Bulbasaur — Mega Evolution

Played in 125 recent decks

Pricing reference

Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.

TCGPlayer (USD)

Updated 2026/07/09

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$19.00	$25.71	$4,321.00	$23.79	$29.00

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Bulbasaur is real?

Bulbasaur is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.

What is Bulbasaur worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Bulbasaur is $23.79; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.

What set is Bulbasaur from?

Bulbasaur is from the Pokémon set "Mega Evolution" in the Mega Evolution series, released in 2025.

What rarity is Bulbasaur?

Bulbasaur is a Illustration Rare card in the Mega Evolution set.