Blastoise-EX 17/83 · Generations

Blastoise is Pokédex #009, generation 1 (Kanto). Blastoise-EX is a Basic EX Water Pokémon with 180 HP. The card lists M Blastoise-EX, Blastoise (#009) under evolves to.

Blastoise-EX sits at 17/83 in Generations, position 17 of 117. Before it is 16 Magmar, and after it is 18 M Blastoise-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 22, 2016. The printed size is 83. This checklist is longer, at 117 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Hyper Whirlpool lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Hydro Press is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Blastoise (#009) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Blastoise 2/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Blastoise, while this one is Blastoise-EX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. 39 other cards of Blastoise list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Eske Yoshinob. I count 177 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Generations set binder is where a full Generations set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Blastoise can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.