Victreebel No. 071 – Pokémon Jungle – Rare Holo – Old Back (JP)
Introduction
Lure and Acid give Victreebel an early card-game identity built around its carnivorous-plant theme. Ken Sugimori illustrates the 80 HP Stage 2 Pokémon in the Japanese expansion. This is the Japanese Pokémon Jungle printing, identified by No. 071, with the original Pocket Monsters card back. The illustration is credited to Ken Sugimori, with the condition of this individual copy detailed below.
Card Details
- Pokémon: Victreebel
- Set: Pokémon Jungle
- Japanese Set Name: ポケモンジャングル
- English Expansion Reference: Jungle — separate release and checklist
- Card Number: No. 071 (National Pokédex number)
- Rarity: Rare Holo
- Language: Japanese
- Card Back: Japanese Old Back
- Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
- Condition: Near Mint as recorded in the supplied inventory; physical condition awaits confirmation from individual front and back photographs.
- Finish: Holofoil
About the Pokémon
Victreebel is the Flycatcher Pokémon, recorded as No. 071 in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation I, associated with the Kanto generation of games. Its jungle habitat features in unsettling early Pokédex accounts. It evolves from Weepinbell. Its species identity is shared across its different TCG appearances.
About the Expansion
Pokémon Jungle arrived in Japan on 5 March 1997 as the second main expansion. Its 48-card checklist expanded the original Kanto selection with Pokémon including Eevee's evolutions and Snorlax. These Japanese cards retain the original Pocket Monsters back and predate the differently structured English Jungle release of 1999.
Artwork & Collector's Notes
Ken Sugimori is credited for this Pokémon Jungle illustration of Victreebel. The holofoil finish, original Pocket Monsters reverse and Japanese text identify this printing. The No. 071 identifier is a Pokédex number, not an English set checklist position.
Photographs: Actual-card photographs are pending.