No. 1 · Kanto · Grass/Poison
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Bulbasaur is a Grass/Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 1 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 29
- Sets
- 23
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Illustrators
- 23
- Sightings
- 6
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The strongest Bulbasaur art
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Illustration rare
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Illustration rare
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Illustration rare
MEP Black Star Promos04/06Bulbasaur
Promo
05/06Bulbasaur
Common
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Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Bulbasaur cards, side by side.
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Bulbasaur by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Bulbasaur cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Bulbasaur gets drawn
Bulbasaur is usually drawn playful, peaceful and cute, sometimes cozy, often asleep, in spring, often painted.
Across 26 Bulbasaur artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2025
Bulbasaur through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Base Set- 2000 Gym Challenge
2002 Legendary Collection
2004 Team Magma vs Team Aqua
2005 POP Series 2
2006 Crystal Guardians
2007 Secret Wonders
2009 Supreme Victors
2012 Dark Explorers
2017 SM Black Star Promos
2019 SWSH Black Star Promos
2021 McDonald's Collection 2021- 2022 Pokémon GO
- 2023 151
- 2024 Stellar Crown
- 2025 MEP Black Star Promos
Evolves into
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Ivysaur21 cards
Bulbasaur sightingsspotted in 6 other cards
Cards where Bulbasaur turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Bulbasaur card
29 cards, strongest artwork first.
Bulbasaur in numbers
- Cards
- 29
- Sets
- 23since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 23most by Mitsuhiro Arita
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 6in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 40–80
They span 23 sets, from Base Set to Mega Evolution. 23 illustrators have drawn it, most often Mitsuhiro Arita, Ken Sugimori and MPC Film.
Who draws Bulbasaur
23 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
23 sets, by how many Bulbasaur cards each holds.
- 1512
Crystal Guardians2
Expedition Base Set2
FireRed & LeafGreen2- Mega Evolution2
SWSH Black Star Promos2
Base Set1
Base Set 21
Dark Explorers1
Detective Pikachu1
Gym Challenge1
Legendary Collection1
11 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Bulbasaur cards are there?
- There are 29 Bulbasaur cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 23 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Bulbasaur card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Bulbasaur art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Bulbasaur cards?
- 23 illustrators have drawn Bulbasaur. Mitsuhiro Arita has done the most at 4, followed by Ken Sugimori and MPC Film.
- What was the first Bulbasaur card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 19 of its 29 cards are Common.
