Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Blastoise
HS—Unleashed · #13 · Rare · 2010
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$12.02
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 13 / 96
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Wartortle
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 9
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Strategy & play
How Blastoise plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Wartortle first).
How to beat Blastoise
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Blastoise?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It deliberately makes itself heavy so it can withstand the recoil of the water jets it fires."
Poké-Power: Wash Out
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move a Water Energy attached to 1 of your Benched Pokémon to your Active Pokémon. This power can't be used if Blastoise is affected by a Special Condition.
WWCCHydro Launcher
Return 2 Water Energy attached to Blastoise to your hand. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 100 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $15.64 | $35.75 | $623.10 | $12.02 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $29.00 | $80.00 | $349.80 | $33.08 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €6.00 |
| 7-day average | €11.95 |
| 30-day average | €6.92 |
| Low | €0.49 |
| Trend price | €8.70 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €17.97 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €15.36 |
| reverseHoloSell | €7.87 |
| averageSellPrice | €9.47 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €14.72 |
| Reverse holo trend | €14.81 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Blastoise is real?
Blastoise 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 Blastoise worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Blastoise is $12.02; 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 Blastoise from?
Blastoise is from the Pokémon set "HS—Unleashed" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Blastoise?
Blastoise is a Rare card in the HS—Unleashed set.
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