Japanese promo · 28 Jan 1999

Venusaur

How it was given out: Pokémon Card GB Official Guidebook insert.

Japanese promo, released 28 Jan 1999.

One of 278 promos from 1999 to 2003 listed on this site.

Stage 2 · Grass · HP 100

Pokémon Power: Solar Power

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this power. Your Active Pokémon and the Defending Pokémon are no longer Asleep, Confused, Paralyzed, or Poisoned. This power can't be used if Venusaur is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Mega Drain 40

Remove a number of damage counters from Venusaur equal to half the damage done to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance) (rounded up to the nearest 10). If Venusaur has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.

Illustrator: Ken Sugimori

This card was initially created for Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Game Boy Color. In Japan, a physical print was made available as an Unnumbered Promotional card in copies of the Pokémon Card GB Official Guidebook, released on January 28, 1999. This print features a "GB" symbol in place of an expansion symbol, referencing its ties to the Game Boy title.