Blastoise Pokémon Cards: Every Card and Its Value (2026)

Every Blastoise Card, Ranked by Price

The table includes every English card with Blastoise in its name that has a TCGplayer market price: Dark Blastoise, Blastoise ex, Blastoise-EX and M Blastoise-EX, Blastoise-GX, Blastoise & Piplup-GX, Blastoise V and VMAX, Radiant Blastoise, Blastoise δ, promos and reprints. Each card appears once, at its most valuable printing. For example, the Legendary Collection Dark Blastoise row shows the reverse holo price (about $975), which is higher than the holo (about $275).

TCGplayer market prices for ungraded English cards, updated October 30, 2026. We scan every set on TCGplayer (220 sets) and list every Blastoise card with a market price, by its most valuable printing. Links to TCGplayer are affiliate links.

1. 1.Dark BlastoiseLegendary Collection$975
2. 2.BlastoiseBase Set (Shadowless)$896
3. 3.Blastoise exEX FireRed & LeafGreen$650

#	Card	Set	Printing	Price
1	Dark Blastoise 004/110 · Holo Rare	Legendary Collection	Reverse Holofoil	$975
2	Blastoise 002/102 · Holo Rare	Base Set (Shadowless)	Unlimited Holofoil	$896
3	Blastoise ex 104/112 · Ultra Rare	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	Holofoil	$650
4	Dark Blastoise (3) 03/82 · Holo Rare	Team Rocket	1st Edition Holofoil	$523
5	Blastoise (4) 004/165 · Holo Rare	Expedition	Reverse Holofoil	$500
6	Blastoise & Piplup GX (Alternate Full Art) 215/236 · Ultra Rare	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	Holofoil	$499
7	Blastoise 137/135 · Secret Rare	Plasma Storm	Holofoil	$428
8	Blastoise (Delta Species) 2/100 · Holo Rare	EX Crystal Guardians	Reverse Holofoil	$316
9	Blastoise EX XY122 · Promo	XY Promos	Holofoil	$312
10	Blastoise 001/017 · Rare	POP Series 3	Holofoil	$300
11	Blastoise (National Championships) 014/100 · Promo	League & Championship Cards	Normal	$245
12	Blastoise 14/100 · Rare	EX Crystal Guardians	Reverse Holofoil	$243
13	Blastoise 002/102 · Holo Rare	Base Set	Holofoil	$230
14	Blastoise & Piplup GX (Secret) 253/236 · Rainbow Rare	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	Holofoil	$177
15	Blastoise (36) 036/165 · Rare	Expedition	Reverse Holofoil	$175
16	Blastoise EX (142 Full Art) 142/146 · Ultra Rare	XY Base Set	Holofoil	$175
17	Blastoise (Prerelease) 13/95 · Promo	HGSS Promos	Holofoil	$160
18	Blastoise 002/130 · Holo Rare	Base Set 2	Holofoil	$155
19	Blastoise (37) 037/165 · Rare	Expedition	Reverse Holofoil	$150
20	Blastoise GX (Secret) 218/214 · Secret Rare	SM - Unbroken Bonds	Holofoil	$141
21	Blastoise 2/132 · Holo Rare	Secret Wonders	Reverse Holofoil	$110
22	Blastoise ex 200/165 · Special Illustration Rare	Scarlet & Violet 151	Holofoil	$109
23	Blastoise & Piplup GX (Full Art) 214/236 · Ultra Rare	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	Holofoil	$103
24	Blastoise 2/127 · Holo Rare	Platinum	Holofoil	$93
25	Blastoise & Piplup GX 38/236 · Ultra Rare	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	Holofoil	$85

Show the other 34 Blastoise cards

#	Card	Set	Printing	Price
26	Dark Blastoise (20) 20/82 · Rare	Team Rocket	1st Edition	$68
27	M Blastoise EX (Full Art) 102/108 · Ultra Rare	XY - Evolutions	Holofoil	$65
28	Blastoise 13/95 · Rare	Unleashed	Reverse Holofoil	$60
29	Blastoise (EX Crystal Guardians) 014/100 · Holo Rare	Deck Exclusives	Holofoil	$54
30	Blastoise 003/034 · Classic Collection	Trading Card Game Classic	Holofoil	$49
31	Blastoise (Cracked Ice Holo) 013/095 · Promo	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Holofoil	$46
32	Blastoise 31/149 · Holo Rare	Boundaries Crossed	Reverse Holofoil	$41
33	Blastoise ex (Hiroki Yano) 104/112 · Ultra Rare	World Championship Decks	Normal	$37
34	Blastoise (Cosmos Holo) 016/101 · Promo	Blister Exclusives	Holofoil	$36
35	M Blastoise EX 30/146 · Ultra Rare	XY Base Set	Holofoil	$33
36	Blastoise VMAX SWSH103 · Promo	Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Holofoil	$32
37	Blastoise (Cracked Ice Holo) 025/181 · Holo Rare	Deck Exclusives	Holofoil	$31
38	M Blastoise EX 18/83 · Ultra Rare	Generations	Holofoil	$31
39	Blastoise 25/181 · Rare	SM - Team Up	Reverse Holofoil	$24
40	Blastoise 16/101 · Holo Rare	Plasma Blast	Holofoil	$24
41	M Blastoise EX 22/108 · Ultra Rare	XY - Evolutions	Holofoil	$21
42	Blastoise GX SM189 · Promo	SM Promos	Holofoil	$20
43	Blastoise GX 35/214 · Ultra Rare	SM - Unbroken Bonds	Holofoil	$20
44	Blastoise ex 184/165 · Ultra Rare	Scarlet & Violet 151	Holofoil	$18
45	Blastoise EX 17/83 · Ultra Rare	Generations	Holofoil	$16
46	Blastoise (Jacob Van Wagner) 16/101 · Rare	World Championship Decks	Normal	$15
47	Blastoise (BW Plasma Blast) 016/101 · Rare	Deck Exclusives	Normal	$15
48	Blastoise 2/102 · Classic Collection	Celebrations: Classic Collection	Holofoil	$13
49	Radiant Blastoise 018/078 · Radiant Rare	Pokemon GO	Holofoil	$12
50	Blastoise EX 29/146 · Ultra Rare	XY Base Set	Holofoil	$12
51	Blastoise EX XY30 · Promo	XY Promos	Holofoil	$10
52	Blastoise V SWSH101 · Promo	Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Holofoil	$10
53	Blastoise EX 21/108 · Ultra Rare	XY - Evolutions	Holofoil	$7
54	Blastoise (Non-Holo) 031/149 · Rare	Deck Exclusives	Normal	$5
55	Blastoise ex 030/142 · Double Rare	Stellar Crown	Holofoil	$4
56	Blastoise 017/078 · Holo Rare	Pokemon GO	Reverse Holofoil	$3
57	Blastoise Spirit Link 73/108 · Uncommon	XY - Evolutions	Reverse Holofoil	$2
58	Blastoise ex 009/165 · Double Rare	Scarlet & Violet 151	Holofoil	$2
59	Blastoise ex (Stellar Crown Stamp) 030/142 · Double Rare	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Holofoil	$2

A few rows need context:

• Base Set (Shadowless) is the Shadowless print, although TCGplayer labels its printing "Unlimited Holofoil". The plain Base Set row is the later Unlimited print. 1st Edition copies have no market price because they almost never sell ungraded on TCGplayer.
• Dark Blastoise from Legendary Collection is listed at its reverse holo price. The reverse holos from that set have a "fireworks" foil pattern over the whole card except the artwork.
• National Championships and Prerelease are stamped promos: the Crystal Guardians Blastoise (14/100) from the 2007 National Championships, and the Unleashed Blastoise (13/95) from the set's prerelease events in 2010.
• World Championship Decks are reprints from Pokémon's World Championships deck sets, with the player's signature on the card, and they can't be used in tournaments. The 2006 Blastoise ex sells for about $37, against about $650 for the original.
• Deck Exclusives, Blister Exclusives and Miscellaneous Cards & Products are versions sold only in particular products, such as a theme deck, a blister pack or a premium collection.
• Blastoise Spirit Link is a Pokémon Tool card from XY Evolutions, not a Blastoise. It's listed because it has Blastoise in its name.
• Rarely traded cards can move a lot between updates, because a single sale can set the market price.

The Most Expensive Blastoise Cards Ever Sold

The most expensive Blastoise card ever sold is the 1998 "Galaxy Star" presentation card, which went for $360,000 at Heritage Auctions in January 2021. It was never sold in packs. Among cards that were, the record is $231,800 for a PSA 10 Japanese "No Rarity" Blastoise at Goldin in December 2025, and the English record is $138,880 for a PSA 10 1st Edition Base Set Blastoise at Goldin in February 2026.

The 1998 cards are the rarest Blastoise cards we know of: when the Galaxy Star sold, CGC had certified only four Blastoise test prints, the Galaxy Star among them. Wizards of the Coast made them while it prepared the first English Pokémon cards. According to CGC, the Galaxy Star was made for media use and has a blank back, and one other similar example was made for international use, whose whereabouts are unknown. The gold-border test prints have Magic: The Gathering backs.

The "No Rarity" Blastoise comes from the first print run of the Japanese Base Set (1996), which has no rarity symbol in the bottom right corner. Goldin's listing put the PSA 10 population at six. It's the highest price we could find for a Blastoise that was sold in packs.

The 1st Edition Base Set Blastoise is the English benchmark. The PSA 10 that sold for $138,880 at Goldin in February 2026 was pulled by Logan Paul in a 2021 box break, and Sports Illustrated reported it as the first English 1st Edition Blastoise to sell for more than $100,000. Another PSA 10 sold at Goldin in August 2026 for $73,810, about half as much. Goldin's August listing said PSA had recorded more than 4,010 1st Edition Blastoise, and fewer than 3% of them got a 10. Price trackers have listed other PSA 10 sales since, but we couldn't find them in a published report, so we've left them out.

The Illustrator Error is an Unlimited Base Set Blastoise with part or all of the word "Illus." missing from the artist credit in the bottom left corner: the copy Fanatics Collect sold reads "us. Ken Sugimori". Fanatics listed it as the only PSA 10.

The Most Valuable Blastoise Cards, Era by Era

The prices below are TCGplayer market prices for ungraded cards on 30 October 2026. The table above has this week's prices.

Wizards of the Coast era (1999–2003)

• Base Set (1999), 2/102: the original, illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It comes in three prints: 1st Edition, Shadowless (about $896) and Unlimited (about $230). See below for how to tell them apart.
• Base Set 2 (2000), 2/130: the same art, reprinted. About $155.
• Team Rocket (2000): Dark Blastoise, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. The holo (3/82) is about $523 in 1st Edition and $215 Unlimited, and the 1st Edition non-holo (20/82) about $68.
• Legendary Collection (2002), 4/110: the Dark Blastoise art again. About $275 as a holo and $975 as a reverse holo, more than any Base Set print with a TCGplayer price. That's the highest TCGplayer market price of any Blastoise card.
• Expedition (2002): three Blastoise cards. The holo (4/165) is about $500 as a reverse holo and $221 as a holo, and the reverse holos of 36/165 and 37/165 are about $175 and $150.

EX era (2003–2007)

• EX FireRed & LeafGreen (2004): Blastoise ex (104/112), about $650, the most valuable Blastoise ex or EX card.
• POP Series 3 (2006): an Organized Play promo (1/17) by Mitsuhiro Arita, about $300 as a holo.
• EX Crystal Guardians (2006): Blastoise δ (Delta Species, 2/100), about $316 as a reverse holo and $260 as a holo. The set's other Blastoise (14/100) is about $243 as a reverse holo but about $21 as a non-holo.

Diamond & Pearl to Black & White (2007–2013)

• Secret Wonders (2007), 2/132: about $110 as a reverse holo and $108 as a holo.
• Platinum (2009), 2/127: about $93.
• Unleashed (2010), 13/95: about $60 as a reverse holo, and about $160 as the prerelease promo, which has an "Unleashed" stamp on the art.
• Plasma Storm (2013): a secret rare shiny Blastoise (137/135), illustrated by Ayaka Yoshida, about $428. Its text says it's "a different color than usual". Radiant Blastoise (2022) is also shiny-coloured, but sells for about $12.

XY and Sun & Moon (2014–2019)

• XY (2014): Blastoise-EX (29/146) is about $12, its full art (142/146) about $175 and M Blastoise-EX (30/146) about $33.
• XY Promos: the full art Blastoise-EX (XY122), from the 2016 Red & Blue Collection, is about $312.
• Generations and Evolutions (2016): Generations has its own Blastoise-EX and M Blastoise-EX, with different attacks, and Evolutions reprints the XY pair. All four are about $7 to $31, and the Evolutions full art M Blastoise-EX (102/108) is about $65.
• Unbroken Bonds (2019): Blastoise-GX, about $20, and its secret rare (218/214), about $141.
• Cosmic Eclipse (2019): the tag team Blastoise & Piplup-GX. The alternate full art (215/236), illustrated by Akira Komayama, is about $499, the most valuable Blastoise from any set after 2004. The rainbow secret rare (253/236) is about $177.

Sword & Shield (2020–2023)

• Blastoise V (SWSH101) and Blastoise VMAX (SWSH103): 2021 promos from a V Battle Deck and the Blastoise VMAX Battle Box, about $10 and $32. SWSH103 is the only English Blastoise VMAX.
• Celebrations (2021): the 25th anniversary reprint of the Base Set Blastoise (2/102), with the anniversary logo on the art, about $13.
• Pokémon GO (2022): Radiant Blastoise (018/078), about $12.

Scarlet & Violet (2023–2025)

• 151 (2023): Blastoise ex. The Special Illustration Rare, or SIR (200/165), by Mitsuhiro Arita, shows Blastoise underwater and is about $109. That's about a third of the Charizard ex SIR from the same set (about $301) and more than the Venusaur ex SIR (about $88). The full art (184/165) is about $18 and the regular card (009/165) about $2.
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic (2023): a reprint of the Base Set card (003/034), about $49.
• Stellar Crown (2024): Blastoise ex (030/142), about $4.

Which Blastoise Do You Have?

Start with the bottom of the card. The card number and set symbol tell you the set. The original Base Set has no set symbol, and its Blastoise is 2/102.

1st Edition, Shadowless or Unlimited?

For a Base Set Blastoise, three things set the prints apart:

Why does my Blastoise say 1995?

Every Base Set Blastoise has "©1995, 96, 98" at the start of its copyright line. Those are copyright dates for Nintendo, Creatures and Game Freak, not the year the card was printed: the English Base Set came out on 9 January 1999. The dates are still useful, because 1st Edition and Shadowless copies read "1995, 96, 98, 99" and the later Unlimited print stops at "98".

Reprints and modern cards

The reprints are easier to spot. Base Set 2 is 2/130. The Celebrations reprint (2021) also says 2/102, but it has the 25th anniversary logo in the bottom right corner of the art and no "Wizards" in its copyright line. The Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic version (2023) is 003/034 and says it can't be used at official tournaments. World Championship deck cards have a silver border, a player's signature and a different back.

For a Dark Blastoise, look for the 1st Edition stamp under the art. The Team Rocket cards are 3/82 (holo) and 20/82, and the Legendary Collection reprint is 4/110.

For a modern Blastoise, check the number. If it's higher than the set total, as in 200/165, it's a secret rare. In Scarlet & Violet sets, two gold stars next to the number mark a Special Illustration Rare.

How much the print changes the price

The same Blastoise can sell for very different prices depending on the print. TCGplayer market prices on 30 October 2026, rounded:

A reprint can sell for a seventeenth of the original's price, so check the number, the border and the copyright line before you price a card.

How Much Is Your Blastoise Card Worth?

Probably less than you'd hope, unless it's one of the cards above. Of the 59 English cards with Blastoise in the name and a TCGplayer market price in October 2026:

• 17 sell for under $20
• 30 sell for under $50, and the median card is about $49
• 23 sell for $100 or more
• 4 sell for more than $500, and none for $1,000 or more

The regular-rarity Blastoise-GX, V, VMAX and ex cards printed since 2019 sell for about $2 to $32. The money is in vintage holos and reverse holos, secret rares, most full arts and the 151 Special Illustration Rare.

Condition matters as much as the card. Prices in the table are what ungraded copies have recently sold for on TCGplayer. Scratched, bent or worn copies sell for less, and a PSA 10 can be worth several times the ungraded price: the 151 Special Illustration Rare is about $109 ungraded, but PSA 10 copies sold for $650 to $750 in early 2026, according to ComicBook.com. To keep a card in good condition, see our guide to Pokémon card binders.

Watch for fakes. Gold "Blastoise VMAX" cards sold online aren't in TCGplayer's catalogue of English cards, which has one Blastoise VMAX: the SWSH103 promo. For any card worth more than a few hundred dollars, buy a graded copy or buy from a seller with a clear return policy.

Blastoise in New Sets: Is There a Mega Blastoise ex?

No English set released since Stellar Crown (September 2024) has a new Blastoise card. As of 30 October 2026, none of the Mega Evolution sets, from Mega Evolution (September 2025) to 30th Celebration (September 2026), includes one. Apart from jumbo cards, the only Blastoise printed since is a stamped Stellar Crown reprint from the 2025 Venusaur ex & Blastoise ex Premium Collection, about $2.

Mega Blastoise ex exists only in Pokémon TCG Pocket, the mobile game, where it arrived in the Crimson Blaze set in December 2025. The physical Mega Blastoise cards are the XY-era M Blastoise-EX cards, from about $21 to $65.

If you'd rather open packs, Pokémon TCG 151 has the Blastoise ex Special Illustration Rare, and its set page shows what each 151 product costs per pack. Every modern set has dozens of secret rares, so opening packs until you pull one particular Blastoise usually costs more than buying that card outright. For other sets, our Pokémon booster box guide compares what every set's box costs per pack.

Conclusion: Which Blastoise to Look For

Citations & Resources

• Sports Illustrated: Pokémon Trio Pulled by Logan Paul Sells for All-Time High (21 February 2026)
• Goldin: 1999 Pokémon Base Set 1st Edition Holo #2 Blastoise, Logan Paul Break, PSA 10 (February 2026)
• Goldin: 1999 Pokémon Base Set 1st Edition Shadowless Holo #2 Blastoise, PSA 10 (August 2026)
• Goldin: 1996 Pokémon Japanese Base Set Holo #9 Blastoise, No Rarity Symbol, PSA 10 (December 2025)
• CGC: After Certification by CGC Trading Cards, Pokémon Test Print Blastoise Blasts to $360,000 at Auction (January 2021)
• CGC: Extremely Rare CGC-certified Test Print Blastoise Realizes Over $200,000 (November 2021)
• CGC: Ultra-rare Test Print Blastoise Certified by CGC Trading Cards Exceeds $150,000 in Heritage Sale (October 2022)
• Fanatics Collect: 1999 Pokémon Base Set Illustrator Error Holo Blastoise #2, PSA 10 (March 2026)
• ComicBook.com: Top 7 Chase Cards from the Pokémon TCG's Scarlet & Violet Era, Ranked by Resale Value (April 2026)
• PokeGuardian: Venusaur ex & Blastoise ex Premium Collection Revealed (May 2025)
• Bulbapedia: Blastoise (Base Set 2/102) and its reprints
• Bulbapedia: Error cards (the Base Set "Illustrator Error" Blastoise)
• TCGdex: card numbers, rarities and illustrators
• tcgcsv.com: TCGplayer market price data

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