No. 2 · Kanto · Grass/Poison
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Ivysaur is a Grass/Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 2 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
- 21
- Sets
- 18
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Illustrators
- 17
- Sightings
- 4
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The strongest Ivysaur art

01/06Ivysaur
Illustration rare

02/06Ivysaur
Illustration rare

03/06Ivysaur
Uncommon

04/06Ivysaur
Uncommon

05/06Ivysaur
Uncommon

06/06Ivysaur
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Ivysaur cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Ivysaur artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Ivysaur by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Ivysaur cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Ivysaur gets drawn
Ivysaur is usually drawn nostalgic, often crouching, in spring.
Across 19 Ivysaur artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
Drawn against type
The Ivysaur pictures least like the rest.
1999–2025
Ivysaur through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Base Set
2000 Gym Challenge
2001 Southern Islands
2002 Legendary Collection
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2005 POP Series 2
2006 POP Series 3
2007 Secret Wonders
2009 Supreme Victors
2012 Dark Explorers
2017 Shining Legends
2022 Pokémon GO
2023 151
2025 Mega Evolution
Evolution line
Bulbasaur29 cards
Ivysaurthis page · 21 cards
Venusaur48 cards
Ivysaur sightingsspotted in 4 other cards
Cards where Ivysaur turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Ivysaur card
21 cards, strongest artwork first.
Ivysaur in numbers
- Cards
- 21
- Sets
- 18since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 17most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Stage 1
- Sightings
- 4in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 50–110
They span 18 sets, from Base Set to Mega Evolution. 17 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Atsuko Nishida and Hisao Nakamura.
Who draws Ivysaur
17 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
18 sets, by how many Ivysaur cards each holds.
1512
Crystal Guardians2
Mega Evolution2
Base Set1
Base Set 21- Best of gameBest of game1
Dark Explorers1
Expedition Base Set1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Gym Challenge1
Legendary Collection1- POP Series 2POP Series 21
6 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Ivysaur cards are there?
- There are 21 Ivysaur cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 18 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Ivysaur card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Ivysaur art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Ivysaur cards?
- 17 illustrators have drawn Ivysaur. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 5, followed by Atsuko Nishida and Hisao Nakamura.
- What was the first Ivysaur card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 14 of its 21 cards are Uncommon.













