Radiant Blastoise 18/78 · Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on July 1, 2022. The printed size is 78. This checklist is longer, at 88 cards. Radiant Blastoise is 18/78, in position 18 of 88 on this checklist. Before it is 17 Blastoise, and after it is 19 Slowpoke. The listed rarity is Radiant Rare.

Radiant Blastoise is a Basic Radiant Water Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Blastoise (#009), generation 1 (Kanto).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

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 Radiant Blastoise. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Radiant Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 43 other cards of Blastoise list a different HP.

Pump Shot is listed as Ability. You must discard a Water Energy card from your hand in order to use this Ability. Once during your turn, you may put 2 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. The attack Torrential Cannon lists 170 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. During your next turn, this Pokémon can't use Torrential Cannon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Radiant Pokémon Rule: You can't have more than 1 Radiant Pokémon in your deck. The flavor text reads "It crushes its foe under its heavy body to cause fainting. In a pinch, it will withdraw inside its shell." The regulation mark is F.

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