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Blastoise #2 value & price

Card 2 / 102RareWater · HP 100Released 1999Illus. Ken Sugimori
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Reviewed by · Updated 22 Oct 2026
Ungraded market value
$91▲ 52% · 1Y
PSA 9
$976
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PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$9.4k

Blastoise is one of those cards that hooks you the moment you see it, cannon shells raised, water ready to blast, straight out of the original Base Set from 2000. It's a Rare card illustrated by Ken Sugimori, one of the most recognizable names in the hobby, and if you're here checking Blastoise value, you're looking at a card that raw sits at $90 but climbs fast the higher the grade goes. This is the kind of piece that reminds people why they started collecting in the first place.

Price history

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$0.00$2.6k$5.3k$7.9k$11k202120222023202420252026$9.4kPSA 10$1.2kBGS 9.5$976Grade 9$388Grade 8$242Grade 7$91Ungraded

Raw value is $91, up 52% over the past year, with an all-time high of $116 in June 2026.

Raw
$91
1Y
▲ 52%
PSA 10
$9.4k
PSA 9
$976
Population
-
Gem PSA 10
-
Upside
102.6×
All-time high
$116

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Blastoise price at every grade

Market value at each grade. The population is hidden: PriceCharting shows the same counts for another card, so we cannot tell which card they belong to.

GradeValuePopulation
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)$8.6k-
PSA 9$1.1k-
PSA 8$400-
PSA 7$249-
PSA 6$148-
PSA 5$111-
PSA 4$94-
PSA 3$93-
PSA 2$93-
PSA 1$127-
Raw / Ungraded$91-

Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.

Card details

Card number
2 of 102
Rarity
Rare
Type
Water
HP
100
Stage
Stage2
Weakness
Lightning ×2
Retreat cost
3
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Released
1999

Attacks

  • Hydro Pump40+
    Water · Water · Water

    Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each attached Water Energy attached to Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. Extra Water Energy after the 2nd doesn't count.

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The collector's take on Blastoise

Is Blastoise worth grading?

So is Blastoise worth grading? That's a serious jump, and it's tempting to send every copy you own straight to grading. But gem mint 10s are hard to hit on a card this old, Base Set printing wasn't exactly forgiving on centering and edges. A Grade 9 still brings $919, which is solid, but the gap between a 9 and a 10 is enormous here. Before you submit, factor in grading fees, turnaround time, and the very real chance your card comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If your copy already looks clean under a loupe, it might be worth the shot. If it's got soft corners or off-center printing, you may want to just enjoy it raw or sell as-is.

Where can you pull Blastoise?

This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we don't just quote price guides, we watch real pack openings happen. Blastoise has been pulled 200 or more times across sites we track, including collector-crypt, courtyard, mnstr, lastpack, packs, and tilt-rips. The biggest recorded pull came in at $9,249, which tells you these aren't just theoretical numbers, someone actually opened a pack and hit that. You'll find Blastoise turning up in products like the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, Legendary Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Master Pack, and Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack. Worth remembering though, opening packs is gambling by nature, most rips don't come close to covering what you paid, so treat any pull as a bonus, not a plan.

Questions people ask

What set is Blastoise from?+

Blastoise #2 comes from the Base Set, released back in 2000. It's a Rare card illustrated by Ken Sugimori, making it one of the more iconic pulls from that original era of the game.

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