No. 9 · Kanto · Water
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Blastoise is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 9 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2024. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 44
- Sets
- 26
- Printed
- 1999–2024
- Illustrators
- 21
- Sightings
- 3
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The strongest Blastoise art
01/06Blastoise ex
Special illustration rare
02/06Blastoise & Piplup GX
Ultra Rare
03/06Blastoise EX
Promo
04/06M Blastoise EX
Ultra Rare
05/06Blastoise ex
Ultra Rare
06/06Blastoise & Piplup GX
Ultra Rare
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Which is the better picture?
Two Blastoise cards, side by side.
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Blastoise by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Blastoise cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Blastoise gets drawn
Blastoise is usually drawn epic and tense, often splashing, often in 3D.
Across 31 Blastoise artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2024
Blastoise through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Base Set
2000 Team Rocket
2002 Legendary Collection
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2006 POP Series 3
2007 Secret Wonders
2009 Platinum
2010 Unleashed
2012 Boundaries Crossed
2013 XY Black Star Promos- 2014 XY
- 2016 Evolutions
2017 SM Black Star Promos
2019 SWSH Black Star Promos
2022 Pokémon GO- 2023 151
2024 Stellar Crown
Evolves from
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Blastoise sightingsspotted in 3 other cards
Cards where Blastoise turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Blastoise card
44 cards, strongest artwork first.
Blastoise in numbers
- Cards
- 44
- Sets
- 26since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 21most by 5ban Graphics
- Printed
- 1999–2024
- Printed as
- Basic, Stage 2, Mega, VMAX
- Sightings
- 3in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 70–330
They span 26 sets, from Base Set to Stellar Crown. 21 illustrators have drawn it, most often 5ban Graphics, Mitsuhiro Arita and Eske Yoshinob. It has been printed as Basic, Stage 2, Mega and VMAX.
Who draws Blastoise
21 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
26 sets, by how many Blastoise cards each holds.
- Cosmic Eclipse4
- 1513
- Evolutions3
Expedition Base Set3
XY3
Crystal Guardians2
Generations2
Pokémon GO2
SWSH Black Star Promos2
Team Rocket2
Unbroken Bonds2- XY Black Star Promos2
14 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Blastoise cards are there?
- There are 44 Blastoise cards, printed between 1999 and 2024 across 26 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Blastoise card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Blastoise art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Blastoise cards?
- 21 illustrators have drawn Blastoise. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 8, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and Eske Yoshinob.
- What was the first Blastoise card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 14 of its 44 cards are Rare.
