Venusaur & Snivy-GX (SM229) is a Grass-type Basic TAG TEAM GX promo from SM Black Star Promos. It has the Shining Vine Ability that can trigger when you attach a Grass Energy from your hand to potentially switch an opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. Its attacks include Forest Dump for heavy damage and the GX attack Solar Plant-GX which hits all opponent Pokémon and can heal your board if extra Energy is attached.

Identity & printing

Name: Venusaur & Snivy-GX (Holofoil)
Number: SM229
Printed number: SM229
Rarity: Promo
Variant: Holofoil
Language code: EN
Print ID: smp-SM229-Holofoil

Type line & stats

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Supertype: Pokémon
Subtypes: Basic, TAG TEAM, GX
Types: Grass

Catalog metadata

National Pokédex: 3
Imported from: Vendor Tools Public API catalog

Rules

TAG TEAM rule: When your TAG TEAM is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

Set, artist & references

Artist: Yuka Morii
Language: English
Set name: SM Black Star Promos
Game name: Pokémon

In play

Abilities, attacks, weakness & resistance

Abilities

Ability: Shining Vine
Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, when you attach a Grass Energy card from your hand to it, you may switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon.

Attacks

Forest Dump160
Solar Plant-GX0
This attack does 50 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack's cost), heal all damage from all of your Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

Weaknesses

Fire ×2

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Description

Venusaur & Snivy-GX (SM229) is a Grass-type Basic TAG TEAM GX promo from SM Black Star Promos. It has the Shining Vine Ability that can trigger when you attach a Grass Energy from your hand to potentially switch an opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. Its attacks include Forest Dump for heavy damage and the GX attack Solar Plant-GX which hits all opponent Pokémon and can heal your board if extra Energy is attached.

Catalog pricing data as of 25 Apr 2026, 05:20