Pokémon · Base
Dark Blastoise
Team Rocket · #20 · Rare · 2000
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$41.10
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 20 / 83
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Dark Wartortle
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 9
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Damage Prevention
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 15 per Energy
- 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Dark Blastoise plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Rocket Tackle) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- 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 Dark Wartortle first).
How to beat Dark Blastoise
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Dark Blastoise?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"An aggressive Pokémon that tackles anything it sees."
WWHydrocannon — 30+
Does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Dark Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack. You can't add more than 40 damage in this way.
WCCRocket Tackle — 40
Dark Blastoise does 10 damage to itself. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Dark Blastoise during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CC
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $20.00 | $40.70 | $396.79 | $41.10 | $55.79 |
| 1st Edition | $46.00 | $69.99 | $689.76 | $69.96 | $689.48 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €27.74 |
| 7-day average | €30.57 |
| 30-day average | €35.96 |
| Low | €6.00 |
| Trend price | €23.93 |
| Low (excellent+) | €22.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €26.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €39.37 |
| averageSellPrice | €37.60 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €26.16 |
| Reverse holo trend | €39.30 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Dark Blastoise is real?
Dark 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 Dark Blastoise worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Dark Blastoise is $41.10; 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 Dark Blastoise from?
Dark Blastoise is from the Pokémon set "Team Rocket" in the Base series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Dark Blastoise?
Dark Blastoise is a Rare card in the Team Rocket set.
Other Dark Blastoise printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
