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Squirtle

Base

Base Set · #63 · Common · 1999

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Market reference

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Card facts

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Set position: 63 / 102
Release year: 1999
Rarity: Common
HP: 40
Subtype: Basic
Evolves to: Wartortle
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita
Pokédex #: 7
Series: Base

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role: Damage Prevention
Damage efficiency: 10 damage; 10 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Basic; Plays straight down — no evolution needed

Also does

AttackerStatus Conditions

Strategy & play

How Squirtle plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥20 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.

How to beat Squirtle

Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.

Budget alternatives

Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.

Shaymin

$0.24 · in 26% of decks

Dragapult ex

$2.01 · in 20% of decks

Dunsparce

$0.21 · in 6% of decks

Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex

$0.90 · in 6% of decks

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About this card

HP: 40Type:WWaterSubtype: BasicEvolves to: Wartortle

"After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. It powerfully sprays foam from its mouth."

WBubble — 10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

WCWithdraw

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Squirtle during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)

Weakness:L×2

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Pricing reference

Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.

TCGPlayer (USD)

Updated 2026/07/07

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$1.56	$4.99	$149.98	$6.65	$5.69

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/02/21

Variant	Price
1-day average	€10.75
7-day average	€9.67
30-day average	€5.91
Low	€0.02
Trend price	€9.79
Low (excellent+)	€0.40
reverseHoloAvg1	€1.00
Reverse holo 7-day	€87.31
averageSellPrice	€6.41
Reverse holo 30-day	€61.41
Reverse holo trend	€92.04

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Squirtle is real?

Squirtle is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.

What is Squirtle worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Squirtle is $6.65; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.

What set is Squirtle from?

Squirtle is from the Pokémon set "Base Set" in the Base series, released in 1999.

What rarity is Squirtle?

Squirtle is a Common card in the Base Set set.