Blastoise-EX XY30/211 · XY Black Star Promos

XY Black Star Promos is a set in the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Blastoise-EX is XY30/211, in position 30 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY29 Charizard-EX, and after it is XY31 Xerneas. The listed rarity is Promo.

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

Eske Yoshinob illustrated this card. The same name is on 177 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 Blastoise-EX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. 39 other cards of Blastoise list a different HP.

The attack Rapid Spin lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Then, your opponent switches his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. Splash Bomb is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water. Flip a coin. If tails, this Pokémon does 30 damage to itself. 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.

I keep a set binder for XY Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the XY Black Star Promos 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.