Blastoise · 45 cards · 1999–2024
How much is a Blastoise card worth?
Ungraded, Blastoise cards run from $2 to $1,112 on PriceCharting. Across the 48 priced Blastoise cards on this page (a 1st Edition or Shadowless printing counts as its own card), the middle one is about $26 ungraded; 15 are $100 or more and 4 are under $5. The dearest is Blastoise, Base Set #2, 1st Edition at about $1,112 ungraded and $19,878 in a PSA 10.Prices from PriceCharting, pulled 8 September to 16 October 2026.
There are 45 English Blastoise cards, spread over 27 sets between 1999 and 2024. The first was Blastoise in Base Set, 9 January 1999, drawn by Ken Sugimori in the very first English sets. It has carried 11 of the game's card types over the years — EX, Mega EX, Tag Team, ex — and a collector will pay wildly different money for each.
Condition decides most of it. The figures above are for ungraded cards. The same card graded is a different market entirely — the dearest Blastoise here reaches $20,250 in a PSA 10 slab. A PSA 10 is a flawless grade and it is the exception, not what to expect of a card that has been in a binder — on this page a PSA 10 is a median 25 times the same card ungraded. Every card below shows both ends, raw and graded, so you can see which band yours could sit in.
What we pay is a different number again. These are what collectors pay each other. A buyer pays less than that, because a buyer takes on the waiting, the fees and the risk — which is why you get our number on the phone, in one call, before anything is posted.
Spaced by ratio, not by dollars, so the cheap end stays readable. Tap a handle to jump to that card. 1 of the 45 Blastoise cards has no price on file. Prices from PriceCharting, pulled 8 September to 16 October 2026.
Grade by grade
The 5 dearest Blastoise cards, raw to PSA 10
Every grade PriceCharting lists for the 5 Blastoise cards with the highest ungraded price, led by Blastoise from Base Set.
| Grade | BlastoiseBase Set #2 · 1st EditionI have this one | Blastoise & Piplup-GXCosmic Eclipse #215I have this one | Dark BlastoiseTeam Rocket #3 · 1st EditionI have this one | Blastoise exFireRed & LeafGreen #104I have this one | BlastoisePlasma Storm #137I have this one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $1,112 | $403 | $351 | $331 | $312 |
| Grade 1 | $1,056 | $232 | $242 | $218 | $328 |
| Grade 2 | $881 | $168 | $147 | $235 | $54 |
| Grade 3 | $1,176 | $187 | $157 | $247 | $60 |
| Grade 4 | $1,635 | $220 | $185 | $300 | $71 |
| Grade 5 | $2,151 | $259 | $300 | $496 | $223 |
| Grade 6 | $2,759 | $330 | $320 | $615 | $330 |
| Grade 7 | $3,961 | $393 | $461 | $1,151 | $463 |
| Grade 8 | $5,213 | $394 | $684 | $1,216 | $732 |
| Grade 9 | $8,948 | $590 | $1,236 | $3,045 | $1,272 |
| Grade 9.5 | $9,746est. | $649est. | $1,699 | $3,350est. | $1,399est. |
| TAG 10 | $65,100 | $610 | $5,100 | – | – |
| ACE 10 | – | $665 | $3,834 | – | – |
| SGC 10 | $11,927est. | $1,799est. | $10,500est. | $7,909est. | $7,380est. |
| CGC 10 | $8,893 | $791 | $3,350 | $2,374 | $7,380est. |
| PSA 10 | $19,878 | $2,999 | $17,500 | $13,182 | $12,300 |
| BGS 10 | $25,841est. | $3,899est. | $22,750est. | $17,136est. | $15,990est. |
| CGC 10 Pristine | $16,007 | $1,481 | $5,250 | $4,274 | $13,284est. |
| BGS 10 Black | $129,205est. | $19,495est. | $113,750est. | $85,680est. | $79,950est. |
Figures marked est. sit at a fixed multiple of another grade for the same card on PriceCharting — for example SGC 10 at 0.6 times the PSA 10 — so treat them as approximate, not as a separate run of sales. PriceCharting’s Grade 9 is a PSA or BGS 9; its Grade 9.5 is a BGS 9.5.
Every one of them, with a picture
All 45 English Blastoise cards, oldest first.
The set name and the number at the bottom of the card are what tell one Blastoise from the other 44 — there are 4 different cards called “Blastoise & Piplup-GX” in Cosmic Eclipse alone. Each one shows both ends — what it trades for ungraded, and what it reaches in a PSA 10 slab. Tap a card for the grades in between and what to read down the phone. The 3 Blastoise cards from 1st Edition era sets list each printing on its own row — 1st Edition, Shadowless where Base Set had one, and Unlimited — and the picture on those tiles is the 1st Edition.
1999–2006 · 10 cards · 7 sets
BlastoiseBase Set · 1999#2pictured: 1st EditionrawPSA 101st Edition$1,112$19,878Shadowless$224$20,250Unlimited$90$7,175
BlastoiseBase Set 2 · 2000#2$70raw$7,500PSA 10
Dark BlastoiseTeam Rocket · 2000#20pictured: 1st EditionrawPSA 101st Edition$60$1,019Unlimited$23$349
Dark BlastoiseTeam Rocket · 2000#3pictured: 1st EditionrawPSA 101st Edition$351$17,500Unlimited$117$1,393
Dark BlastoiseLegendary Collection · 2002#4$17raw$2,000PSA 10
BlastoiseExpedition Base Set · 2002#36$61raw$602PSA 10
BlastoiseExpedition Base Set · 2002#37$55raw$787PSA 10
BlastoiseExpedition Base Set · 2002#4$260raw$13,952PSA 10
Blastoise exFireRed & LeafGreen · 2004#104$331raw$13,182PSA 10
BlastoisePOP Series 3 · 2006#1$218raw$1,189PSA 10
2006–2013 · 10 cards · 8 sets
BlastoiseCrystal Guardians · 2006#14$15raw$2,573PSA 10
Blastoise δCrystal Guardians · 2006#2$144raw$5,726PSA 10
BlastoiseSecret Wonders · 2007#2$26raw$1,001PSA 10
BlastoisePlatinum · 2009#2$25raw$6,154PSA 10
BlastoiseHS—Unleashed · 2010#13$13raw$416PSA 10
BlastoiseBoundaries Crossed · 2012#31$5raw$1,010PSA 10
BlastoisePlasma Storm · 2013#137$312raw$12,300PSA 10
BlastoisePlasma Blast · 2013#16$8raw$512PSA 10
Blastoise-EXXY Black Star Promos · 2013#XY122$256raw$9,200PSA 10
Blastoise-EXXY Black Star Promos · 2013#XY30$9raw$258PSA 10
2014–2019 · 10 cards · 5 sets
Blastoise-EXXY · 2014#142$103raw$16,029PSA 10
Blastoise-EXXY · 2014#29$10raw$118PSA 10
M Blastoise-EXXY · 2014#30no price on file
Blastoise-EXGenerations · 2016#17$11raw$322PSA 10
M Blastoise-EXGenerations · 2016#18$23raw$885PSA 10
M Blastoise-EXEvolutions · 2016#102$44raw$380PSA 10
Blastoise-EXEvolutions · 2016#21$6raw$150PSA 10
M Blastoise-EXEvolutions · 2016#22$18raw$190PSA 10
Blastoise-GXSM Black Star Promos · 2017#SM189$20raw$500PSA 10
BlastoiseTeam Up · 2019#25$8raw$206PSA 10
2019–2022 · 10 cards · 5 sets
Blastoise-GXUnbroken Bonds · 2019#218$113raw$629PSA 10
Blastoise-GXUnbroken Bonds · 2019#35$17raw$164PSA 10
Blastoise & Piplup-GXCosmic Eclipse · 2019#214$85raw$545PSA 10
Blastoise & Piplup-GXCosmic Eclipse · 2019#215$403raw$2,999PSA 10
Blastoise & Piplup-GXCosmic Eclipse · 2019#253$105raw$512PSA 10
Blastoise & Piplup-GXCosmic Eclipse · 2019#38$73raw$790PSA 10
Blastoise VSWSH Black Star Promos · 2019#SWSH101$8raw$200PSA 10
Blastoise VMAXSWSH Black Star Promos · 2019#SWSH103$26raw$195PSA 10
BlastoiseCelebrations: Classic Collection · 2021#2$15raw$122PSA 10
BlastoisePokémon GO · 2022#17Holo$2raw$196PSA 10
2022–2024 · 5 cards · 3 sets
Radiant BlastoisePokémon GO · 2022#18$12raw$120PSA 10
Blastoise ex151 · 2023#184$20raw$154PSA 10
Blastoise ex151 · 2023#200$135raw$682PSA 10
Blastoise ex151 · 2023#9$2raw$95PSA 10
Blastoise exStellar Crown · 2024#30$3raw$77PSA 10
What decides the number
Five things about your Blastoise, in order of how much they matter.
- Which printing. Blastoise spans 27 sets, from Base Set in 1999 to Stellar Crown in 2024, and the set symbol beside the picture is what tells one from another before anything else about the card is worth discussing.
- First edition and shadowless. 3 of the 45 come from sets printed in a 1st Edition run, and on a Blastoise of that age the small “1 Edition” stamp left of the art, or a Base Set frame throwing no drop shadow down the right of the picture, changes the price, often several times over. On PriceCharting the 1st Edition Blastoise from Base Set is about $1,112 ungraded against $90 for the Unlimited one, 12 times as much.
- Which card type. A Blastoise EX and a Blastoise Mega EX are different cards that happen to share a name — Blastoise has been printed as 11 types in all, so the word beside Blastoise at the top decides which of the 45 you own.
- Promo stamps. 5 of the 45 Blastoise cards were promos rather than pack pulls, and a black star, a tournament stamp or a set-launch mark in the corner is what separates one Blastoise promo from another with the same picture.
- The Delta Species one. 1 Blastoise card carries the Delta Species treatment — if the word Delta Species sits before Blastoise on your card, that is the first thing to tell us.
- The commonest rarity among Blastoise cards is Rare Holo — 11 of the 45.
- 5ban Graphics has illustrated Blastoise more than anyone else, 8 times.
- Cosmic Eclipse carries the most Blastoise cards of any single set (4).
- Blastoise has been printed under 11 card types, among them EX, Mega EX, Tag Team, ex (modern), Dark, GX, ex (2003–07), Delta Species, V, VMAX.
- 4 of the 45 Blastoise cards come from 1999–2000, the printings collectors ask after most.
- 20 different illustrators have drawn Blastoise.
- 25 years separate the first Blastoise card from the newest.
Want to sell your Blastoise? Whether it is Blastoise, Base Set #2, 1st Edition or one of the other 44, you get a price on the phone from the person who buys it. If your Blastoise is one card in a binder of them, how to sell a Pokémon card collection walks through the call, the shipping and the filmed offer. Already slabbed? Here is how selling a graded Blastoise card works.
If the card in front of you turns out not to be a Blastoise, the other two Kanto starters have pages of their own: Charizard (101 cards) and Venusaur (44 cards).
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