Blastoise ex 9/165 · 151

Blastoise is Pokédex #009, generation 1 (Kanto). Blastoise ex is a Stage 2 ex Water Pokémon with 330 HP. The card says it evolves from Wartortle. In this catalog that name is Wartortle (#008).

Blastoise ex sits at 9/165 in 151, position 9 of 207. Before it is 8 Wartortle, and after it is 10 Caterpie. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on September 22, 2023. The printed size is 165. This checklist is longer, at 207 cards. The listed rarity is Double Rare.

Solid Shell is listed as Ability. This Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Twin Cannons lists 140× damage. The cost is Water, Water. Discard up to 2 Basic Water Energy cards from your hand. This attack does 140 damage for each card you discarded in this way. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is G.

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 330 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Double Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and PLANETA Yamashita illustrated this one. 40 other cards of Blastoise list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads PLANETA Yamashita. I count 20 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

151 set binder is where a full 151 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.