Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Bulbasaur
Stellar Crown · #143 · Illustration Rare · 2024
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Market reference
$120.57
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 143 / 175
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Ivysaur
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- G
- Pokédex #
- 1
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Healing
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
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.
- Its main attack (Leech Seed) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥35 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.
How to beat Bulbasaur
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 2.19 copies on average · 389 decks
- Match win rate
- 43.5%
- -3.8 pts vs the 47.2% 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Bulbasaur?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
GCLeech Seed — 20
Heal 20 damage from this Pokémon.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Bulbasaur or Stellar Crown.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Bulbasaur was legal.
KSM's Great Ball Event #3 - National Day Special
today
SEASAC League Challenge #11 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
OceanicTournamentSeries2026 19/20
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Redacted Chaos 2nd Chance #8 (50 Codes)
today
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 142 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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $116.99 | $137.56 | $797.32 | $120.57 | $116.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €55.00 |
| 7-day average | €55.21 |
| 30-day average | €53.98 |
| Low | €30.95 |
| Trend price | €50.83 |
| Low (excellent+) | €34.90 |
| averageSellPrice | €54.20 |
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 $120.57; 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 "Stellar Crown" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Bulbasaur?
Bulbasaur is a Illustration Rare card in the Stellar Crown set.
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