Blastoise #3 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Blastoise & chase cards
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Blastoise needs no introduction if you grew up with Pokemon, and this particular printing, card #3 from the Chinese s8a set released in 2000, gives collectors a fun international spin on a classic favorite. It carries Rare status and comes from the brush of Mitsuhiro Arita, whose artwork has a way of making even a well known Pokemon feel fresh. If you are trying to pin down Blastoise value right now, the short answer is that it sits at a friendly, approachable price point for a card with this much history behind it.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $40, down 35% over the past year, with an all-time high of $63 in February 2026.
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Blastoise price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population).
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $83 | - |
| PSA 9 | - | - |
| PSA 8 | - | - |
| PSA 7 | - | - |
| PSA 6 | - | - |
| PSA 5 | - | - |
| PSA 4 | - | - |
| PSA 3 | - | - |
| PSA 2 | - | - |
| PSA 1 | - | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $40 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
Card details
- Set
- Chinese s8a
- Card number
- 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 70
- Stage
- Stage2
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
Attacks
- Hydrocannon30+Water · Water
Does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each W Energy attached to Dark Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack. You can't add more than 40 damage in this way.
- Rocket Tackle40Water · Colorless · Colorless
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.)
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The collector's take on Blastoise
Is Blastoise worth grading?
So is it worth grading Blastoise? Right now a raw, ungraded copy runs about $40, and a PSA 10 sits at $80, which works out to roughly 2.0x the raw price. That is a real jump, but it comes with a catch: hitting true gem mint condition is never guaranteed, even on a card that looks flawless to the naked eye. Grading fees, shipping, and the wait time all eat into that potential upside, so it usually makes sense when your copy is already sharp on the corners and centering. If there is any doubt, some collectors are happy holding raw and enjoying the card as is rather than gambling on the grade.
How rare is Blastoise?
We do not have population figures to point to here, and Grade 9 value is currently unknown, which itself tells you something: this is not a card getting graded and traded in huge volumes. Rare status plus a niche regional set from 2000 already narrows the field, and the lack of solid population data suggests PSA 10 copies are not exactly common. That kind of quiet scarcity tends to support value over time, even without eye-popping headline numbers.
Where can you pull Blastoise?
Here is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy: across the pack opening sites we monitor, Blastoise from this set has not shown up in a single recorded pull yet. That is a meaningful signal on its own. It tells you this is not a card you should expect to rip out of a pack anytime soon, and if you want one, the secondary market is realistically your best route. It is a good reminder too that opening packs is a gamble, most rips do not pay off, and chasing a specific card like this one is often better done by buying it outright.
Questions people ask
How much is Blastoise worth?+
A raw, ungraded copy of this Blastoise from the Chinese s8a set is valued at $40. That is the number most collectors reference when asking about Blastoise price for an unslabbed card in typical condition.
Is Blastoise worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 pulls in $80, about 2.0x what the raw card is worth. Just weigh that against grading fees and the real chance your copy does not come back gem mint, since Grade 9 value here is currently unknown.
How much is a PSA 10 Blastoise worth?+
A PSA 10, gem mint copy of this Blastoise is valued at $80, exactly double the raw price of $40. That premium reflects how much collectors value a perfectly graded copy of a Rare card like this one.
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