Pokémon · EX

Bulbasaur

Team Magma vs Team Aqua · #39 · Common · 2004

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Card facts

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Set position: 39 / 97
Release year: 2004
Rarity: Common
HP: 50
Subtype: Basic
Evolves to: Ivysaur
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
Pokédex #: 1
Series: EX

Card analysis

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Primary role: Energy Acceleration
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

Also does

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Bulbasaur plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥25 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 — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
KO it to choke their draw / search engine.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 1% of decks; 2.2 copies on average · 431 decks
Match win rate: 43.5%; -3.6 pts vs the 47.1% 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.

Mega Venusaur ex

in 99% of decks · 426 seen

Ivysaur

in 100% of decks · 427 seen

Genesect

in 11% of decks · 49 seen

Mega Meganium ex

in 55% of decks · 235 seen

Urbain

in 3% of decks · 11 seen

Shuckle

in 6% of decks · 27 seen

Chikorita

in 48% of decks · 206 seen

Regigigas

in 21% of decks · 88 seen

Budget alternatives

Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.

Mega Lucario ex

$0.72 · in 4% of decks

Riolu

$0.18 · in 3% of decks

Chansey

$0.17 · in 0% of decks

Pachirisu

$0.07 · in 0% of decks

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About this card

HP: 50Type:GGrassSubtype: BasicEvolves to: Ivysaur

CGrowth

Attach a Grass Energy card from your hand to Bulbasaur.

GRazor Leaf — 10

Weakness:R×2

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

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 148 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 2026/07/04

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$13.00	$44.16	$119.75	$20.87	—
Reverse Holofoil	$339.99	$502.50	$599.99	$94.94	$599.99

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/06/22

Variant	Price
1-day average	€5.00
7-day average	€5.30
30-day average	€4.16
Low	€1.00
Trend price	€5.40
Low (excellent+)	€3.50
Reverse holo low	€13.80
reverseHoloAvg1	€21.47
Reverse holo 7-day	€37.86
reverseHoloSell	€40.58
averageSellPrice	€4.88
Reverse holo 30-day	€28.26
Reverse holo trend	€41.66

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 $20.87; 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 "Team Magma vs Team Aqua" in the EX series, released in 2004.

What rarity is Bulbasaur?

Bulbasaur is a Common card in the Team Magma vs Team Aqua set.