Grass Cube 01 124/147 Pokémon E-Series Aquapolis Raw

Pokémon: N/A

Series: E-Card Series

Set: Aquapolis

Card Number: 124

Rarity: Common

Condition: N/A

Grade: Raw

Year: 2003

Illustrator: Big Mama" Tagawa

Type: N/A

The Grass Cube 01 124/147 is an Uncommon Trainer (Technical Machine) card from the Aquapolis expansion of the E-Card Series, released on January 15, 2003 by Wizards of the Coast and illustrated by "Big Mama" Tagawa, a Japanese artist whose playful, hand-drawn aesthetic and self-referential compositions gave several E-Card era Trainer cards a uniquely personal and whimsical quality. As one of the five "Cube 01" Technical Machine cards in the 147-card base checklist—alongside Fire Cube 01, Water Cube 01, Lightning Cube 01, and Fighting Cube 01—it carries the Japanese name グラスキューブ01 and originates from the Japanese The Town on No Map expansion (080/092). The Aquapolis set was the second and largest main expansion of the E-Card Series, featuring 186 total cards and introducing the Crystal Pokémon mechanic, and this card includes the E-Card format's distinctive Dot Code strip along the bottom edge designed for scanning with the Pokémon-e Reader device.

In terms of decks and strategy, Grass Cube 01's effect is a versatile status-condition delivery tool: "Attach this card to 1 of your Grass Pokémon in play. That Pokémon may use this card's attack instead of its own. At the end of your turn, discard Grass Cube 01." Its sole attack, Sleep Poison, costs one Grass Energy and puts the Defending Pokémon both Asleep and Poisoned simultaneously—a devastating double status condition that not only removes the target from the battlefield for a full turn but also applies a persistent 10-damage-per-turn chip that continues to deal damage even after the Pokémon wakes up. In 2003-era competitive formats, this made it a critical tech card in Grass-type and status-heavy decks, as the ability to attach it to any Grass Pokémon on the field—regardless of that Pokémon's own attack—created a flexible disruption tool that could be deployed on a cheap early-stage Pokémon like Weepinbell or Bellsprout without sacrificing a primary attacker. The one-turn duration and mandatory discard created a strategic timing element: players had to decide when to use the attack to maximize the disruption window, and the fact that both Sleep and Poison apply simultaneously meant the opponent faced a double threat—no attacking this turn and ongoing damage next turn. In modern Unlimited and Expanded formats, it remains a functional tech card in any Grass-focused strategy that needs a low-cost double status option without committing to a specific Pokémon's attack line.

Collectors love the Aquapolis Grass Cube 01 for its unique position as one of the most mechanically creative Technical Machine cards in the entire E-Card era, a card whose dual status-condition attack represented a design philosophy of layered disruption that was remarkably bold for a single Grass Energy cost. "Big Mama" Tagawa's illustration, with its energetic, hand-drawn composition and playful cube motif rendered in her signature loose, sketchbook-quality linework, gives the card a genuinely unique visual identity that stands out among the more conventional and polished artwork of the set's other Uncommon Trainers. The E-Card format's distinctive Dot Code strip and the discontinued Pokémon-e Reader technology give the card a genuinely unique physical structure that no other Pokémon TCG printing shares, and the digital layer it was designed for—animated card views, bonus Pokédex lore, and exclusive in-game content—has since been lost to time, making these cards the sole surviving artifacts of a short-lived but innovative digital platform. As an Uncommon from the largest Pokémon TCG set ever printed, it also exists in a Reverse Holofoil variant where the foil treatment is applied to the card's back rather than the artwork window, adding a second chase target for collectors who appreciate the subtle production differences within the E-Card era's premium printings. 

Product Details

Card Number / Rarity:124/127 / Uncommon

Card Type / HP / Stage:Technical Machine / /

Card Text:Attach this card to 1 of your Grass Pokémon in play. That Pokémon may use this card's attack instead of its own. At the end of your turn, discard Grass Cube 01.

Attack 1:[G] Sleep Poison
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned.

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