# Venusaur #18/130 — Base Set 2

## Summary

Venusaur's Energy Trans made Grass decks in the Wizards era run smoothly, and that is the real reason it stayed relevant. As a non-holo Rare in a Base Set reprint, it sits a tier below the holo chase, with Mitsuhiro Arita's name and Kanto's starter lineage carrying the appeal. The modelled guide sits at $115, flat over 30 days on 88 copies traded, with only 25 days of inventory on the board; PSA has slabbed 10,279 of these and only 107 are 10s, a 1% gem rate that makes the raw-to-gem gap the entire trade, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Base Set 2 |
| Number | 18/130 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Mitsuhiro Arita |
| Release date | 2000-02-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage2 |
| Evolves from | Ivysaur |
| HP | 100 |
| Types | Grass |
| Ability: Energy Trans | As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may take 1 Grass Energy card attached to 1 of your Pokémon and attach it to a different one. This power can't be used if Venusaur is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed. |
| Attack: Solarbeam | cost Grass/Grass/Grass/Grass — damage 60 |
| Weakness | Fire ×2 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Venusaur #003](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/venusaur) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$114.96** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-02T03:16:51.985Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: 0.00% · 7d change: -1.20% — as of 2026-11-02T03:16:51.985Z
- Floor delivered ask: $89.99 — as of 2026-11-02T03:16:51.985Z
- Quant score: 56/100, regime FLOOR_FORMING — as of 2026-11-02T03:16:51.985Z — 8 of 11 inputs · 83% weight · -9% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-02T03:10:27.541Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-02T03:10:27.542Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-31T01:34:25.093Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-02T03:10:27.541Z, confidence 70%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 60%
- Population census — observed 2026-10-18T23:43:48.512Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/base-set-2/venusaur-18)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase4-18%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)