Blastoise 25/181 · Team Up

Blastoise is Pokédex #009, generation 1 (Kanto). Blastoise is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 160 HP. The card says it evolves from Wartortle. In this catalog that name is Wartortle (#008).

Blastoise sits at 25/181 in Team Up, position 25 of 198. Before it is 24 Wartortle, and after it is 26 Psyduck. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 1, 2019. The printed size is 181. This checklist is longer, at 198 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Powerful Squall is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may look at the top 6 cards of your deck and attach any number of Water Energy cards you find there to your Pokémon in any way you like. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck. The attack Hydro Tackle lists 150 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water. This Pokémon does 30 damage to itself. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It crushes its foe under its heavy body to cause fainting. In a pinch, it will withdraw inside its shell."

Blastoise (#009) has 44 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 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 lists 100 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this one. 44 other cards of Blastoise list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hitoshi Ariga. I count 155 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Up set binder is where a full Team Up 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.