Dark Blastoise 3/82 · Team Rocket

Team Rocket is a set in the Base series. It was released on 24 April 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. Dark Blastoise is 3/82, in position 3 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Dark Arbok, and after it is 4 Dark Charizard. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Dark Blastoise is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 28. In the Pokédex this is Blastoise (#009), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Dark Wartortle. In this catalog that name is Wartortle (#008).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 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 Dark Blastoise. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 42 other cards of Blastoise list a different HP.

The attack Hydrocannon lists 30+ damage. The cost is Water, Water. Does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Dark Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack. You can't add more than 40 damage in this way. Rocket Tackle is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Dark Blastoise does 10 damage to itself. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Dark Blastoise during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "An aggressive Pokémon that tackles anything it sees."

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Blastoise can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.