Erika's Bulbasaur (Gym Challenge 39)

Erika's Bulbasaur LV.15
エリカのフシギダネ Erika's Fushigidane

Unnumbered Promotional print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage

Basic Pokémon

Card name

Erika's Bulbasaur

Type

Grass

HP

50

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	Gym Challenge
Rarity
English card no.	39/132
Japanese expansion	Leaders' Stadium
Japanese rarity

Japanese expansion	Unnumbered Promotional cards

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Bulbasaur.

Erika's Bulbasaur (Japanese: エリカのフシギダネ Erika's Fushigidane) is a Grass-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Gym Challenge expansion.

Card text

Sleep Seed

ねむりのたね

10

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Errand-Running

おつかい

Flip a coin. If heads, you may search your deck for a Trainer card. Show it to your opponent and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Pokédex data

Bulbasaur - Seed Pokémon

No.

001

Height

2'4" (0.7 m)

Weight

15 lbs. (6.9 kg)

Release information

This card was included in the Gym Challenge expansion with artwork by Ken Sugimori, first released in the Japanese Leaders' Stadium expansion. In Japan, it was reprinted as an Unnumbered Promotional card with different artwork by the same artist and was available on a four-card insert alongside Misty's Tentacool, Lt. Surge's Jolteon, and Brock's Mankey in the December 1998 issue of CoroCoro Comic, released on November 15, 1998.

Gallery

Gym Challenge print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

Unnumbered Promotional print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

The Japanese promotional print features the Gym series symbol, indicating that it is a promotional addition to the two expansions.

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.