Pokémon · Mega Evolution
Bulbasaur
Mega Evolution · #133 · Illustration Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$23.79
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- 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
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- 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
- 2.2 copies on average · 450 decks
- Match win rate
- 43.5%
- -3.7 pts vs the 47.3% 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?
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About this card
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.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Bulbasaur or Mega Evolution.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Bulbasaur was legal.
SEASAC League Challenge #16 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
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Redacted Chaos #11 (100 Codes)
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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 151 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.
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