Today's Pokémon Card: 

Base Set Bulbasaur

"A strange seed was planted on its back at birth. 
Thus, a plant sprouted and now grows with this Pokémon."

Total Overview:

The first Pokémon Card I'm going to review is a Bulbasaur from the Base Set, you know, you have to start somewhere, and why not start here?..

So Bulbasaur is a grass type Pokémon which has 40 HP and only one attack named Leach Seed which not only has a possibility of giving 20 damage, but may also give the possibility of removing 1 damage counter from Bulbasaur IF the attack goes through (that is, if the other Pokémon does not have an ability to harden and thereby not receiving damage for 1 round, etc.)

Bulbasaur's weakness is fire, and will receive 2x damage from an attack which comes from a fire type Pokémon. It has no resistance to any type and the retreat cost is one energy card of your own choice (yes, you actually get to choose which energy card to discard, WOW!!) Bulbasaur is a basic Pokémon which means that you can use it in play without having another Pokémon out there already. You can put is directly from your bench and out as your active Pokémon. However, Bulbasaur has 2 evolutions, Ivysaur and Venusaur, and unless you've evolved Bulbasaur into either the stage 1 or stage 2 Pokémon, I would not recommend that you use Bulbasaur alone. Partly because it only has 1 attack, and it requires 2 grass type energy cards, which, in my opinion, could me used better than on an attack that only gives 20 damage to the opponent. Besides that, Bulbasaur only has 40 HP, which is quite low even for a basic Pokémon. Bulbasaur is a common card, which can be told by the little black circle in the bottom right corner of the card.

Personal Opinion:

The rating of this card is going to be 2/5, because of the low HP and an attack which uses 2 specific energy cards and only deals a small amount of damage.

A bit about the artwork:

I like the artwork of this card, as many other Pokémon cards. Bulbasaur is standing there, like he's ready to charge his opponent, and it really looks like there's smoke coming from the seed on its back. I remember the first time he can be seen in the animated series of Pokémon, he's the protector of a small "village" in the woods, and he's very eager about protecting the ones he love, the artwork on this card reminds me a lot of the Bulbasaur in that episode.

Next Card Review:

I want to thank all the wonderful people who spent some time reading this review, I really hope you enjoyed it just as much as I enjoyed making it.

The card I will be reviewing next time is the Base Set Ivysaur, because I want to take Bulbasaur's evolutions in the correct order before heading off to another card.

So thank you guys, and stay tuned for another card review! :) Remember to check out my YouTube channel as well, a lot will be going on in there :D