Blastoise-GX SM189/248 · SM Black Star Promos

Blastoise is Pokédex #009, generation 1 (Kanto). Blastoise-GX is a Stage 2 GX Water Pokémon with 240 HP. The card says it evolves from Wartortle. In this catalog that name is Wartortle (#008).

Blastoise-GX sits at SM189/248 in SM Black Star Promos, position 192 of 251. Before it is SM188 Kangaskhan-GX, and after it is SM190 Detective Pikachu. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

Solid Shell is listed as Ability. This Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Rocket Splash lists 60× damage. The cost is Water, Water. Shuffle any amount of Water Energy from your Pokémon into your deck. This attack does 60 damage for each card you shuffled into your deck in this way. Giant Geyser-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Attach any number of Water Energy cards from your hand to your Pokémon in any way you like. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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 is named Blastoise, while this one is Blastoise-GX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 240 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and sadaji illustrated this one. 42 other cards of Blastoise list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads sadaji. I count 45 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

SM Black Star Promos set binder is where a full SM Black Star Promos 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.