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Blastoise

Expedition Base Set / #36/165

Blastoise

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Expedition Base Set
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Hiromichi Sugiyama
Source reference
ecard1-36

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The Pokémon’s story

Blastoise carries two water cannons that emerge from its shell. It can aim its shots accurately enough to hit a target more than fifty metres away. The pressure is so great that some jets pierce metal. Yet its shell is more than a support for weapons: it can retreat inside when it feels threatened. The Pokédex thus brings solid defence and long-range attack together in the same massive silhouette.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

To stop an opponent, Blastoise can also use its own weight. Pokémon X explains that it crushes them to make them lose consciousness. This action contrasts with its famous water shots: at close range, the Pokémon does not need its cannons to impose its power.

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Card details

HP
100
Type (source)
Water
Stage (source)
Stage2
Evolves from (printed name)
Wartortle
Pokédex number
9
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Lightning x2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Attacks

Bubble

Cost: Water

Damage: 20

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

Double Cannon

Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 40×

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard

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