Squirtle 14/101 · Plasma Blast

Plasma Blast is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on August 14, 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. Squirtle is 14/101, in position 14 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 13 Volcarona, and after it is 15 Wartortle. The listed rarity is Common.

Squirtle is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Squirtle (#007), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Wartortle, Wartortle (#008) under evolves to.

Akira Komayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 239 other cards in the catalog.

Squirtle (#007) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Squirtle 63/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Squirtle list a different HP.

The attack Bubble lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Water Gun is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It shelters itself in its shell then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Blast, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Blast set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Squirtle can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.