Blastoise #3 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 25 Aug 2026Related Blastoise & chase cards
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Blastoise needs no introduction if you grew up with the original 151, and this particular version, card #3 from the TCG Classic: Blastoise Deck set released back in 2000, is a lovely piece of that early era. It carries the Rare stamp and Mitsuhiro Arita's artwork, which alone makes it a favorite for anyone chasing nostalgia rather than just numbers. If you are trying to pin down Blastoise value today, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $46, and that is a solid starting point for what follows.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $47, up 56% over the past year, with an all-time high of $47 in September 2026.
Recent pulls of Blastoise
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$2.32RareRookie PackTilt Rips · 0m ago$2.32RareRookie PackTilt Rips · 7m ago$2.32RareRookie PackTilt Rips · 13m ago
$16RarePokemon Mini PackTilt Rips · 19m ago
$17RawPuffer's PacksPacks · 19m ago$2.32RareRookie PackTilt Rips · 20m ago
$87CGC 10 GEM MINTPokémon Master PackCourtyard · 20m ago$2.32RareRookie PackTilt Rips · 22m ago
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Blastoise price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 2,379 graded, only 1,534 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $222 | 1,534 | - / 1,534 |
| PSA 9 | $49 | 729 | - / 729 |
| PSA 8 | $45 | 101 | - / 101 |
| PSA 7 | $42 | 9 | - / 9 |
| PSA 6 | $33 | 3 | - / 3 |
| PSA 5 | $26 | 3 | - / 3 |
| PSA 4 | $22 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $19 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $17 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $47 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- 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.)
Where to pull Blastoise
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The collector's take on Blastoise
Is Blastoise worth grading?
So is Blastoise worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw copy runs $46, a Grade 9 comes in at $64, and a true PSA 10 gem mint jumps all the way to $250, which works out to about 5.4 times the raw price. That gap looks tempting, but hitting a PSA 10 is genuinely hard, centering and edges on cards from this period were not always kind, and grading fees plus shipping add up whether or not you land the perfect grade. If your copy already looks sharp in hand, sending it in can pay off. If it has soft corners or is slightly off center, you might be paying to confirm what you already suspected, so take an honest look before you commit.
How rare is Blastoise?
Blastoise carries a Rare rarity from a deck-exclusive set, which already puts it a notch above the common pulls you see flooding the market. TCG Classic sets like this one were never printed at the volume of mainstream boosters, so a clean copy in any grade has some built in scarcity working in its favor. That is part of why the jump from raw to PSA 10 is as steep as it is, gem mint survivors from older, deck-only print runs simply do not show up as often as newer cards do.
Where can you pull Blastoise?
This is where PackSpy earns its keep, because we track real pulls across live pack sites rather than relying on guesswork. Blastoise has been pulled 200 or more times across courtyard, tilt-rips, collector-crypt, packs, lastpack, and mnstr, and it has shown up in products like The Amazing Chase Encore, Rookie Pack, Pokemon Expert Pack, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, and Pokemon Premium Pack. The biggest recorded pull value for this card hit $4,750, which is a nice reminder of how the right copy on the right day can outperform the sheet price by a wide margin. Just remember that pack opening is a gamble by nature, most rips do not beat what you paid in, so treat any big hit as a bonus rather than the expectation.
Questions people ask
How much is Blastoise worth?+
A raw, ungraded Blastoise from the TCG Classic: Blastoise Deck set is valued at $46. Grading can push that number higher depending on the condition your copy comes back at.
Is Blastoise worth grading?+
It can be, especially since a PSA 10 is worth $250 compared to $46 raw, roughly 5.4 times more. Just weigh that against grading fees and the real chance your copy lands at Grade 9 instead, which sits at $64.
How much is a PSA 10 Blastoise worth?+
A PSA 10 gem mint Blastoise is currently valued at $250. That is the ceiling for this card in graded form, well above the $64 mark for a Grade 9 copy.
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