Base · #2 · 1999
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.
$223
Steady · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 11, 2026
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Blastoise sits at $223 on TCGplayer today for the Holofoil printing.
Inside Base, that ranks 2nd out of 101 priced cards. The set's top card is Charizard at $928. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $131 then, $223 now (up 70%). A year ago it sat around $157; today's $223 is 41.4% higher. Over the last 90 days it's down 3.9%, from $232. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $232 (July 2026) and as low as $114 (April 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $221 up to $230. The Holofoil printing is the headline number here; the Shadowless 1st Edition Holofoil at $1,300 and the Shadowless Unlimited Holofoil at $896 price separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €125 on Cardmarket.
By Printing
By printing: Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more. $223 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $1,300 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $896
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Holofoil printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Pokémon Power Rain Dance
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may attach 1 Water Energy card to 1 of your Water Pokémon. (This doesn't use up your 1 Energy card attachment for the turn.) This power can't be used if Blastoise is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
Hydro Pump40+
Cost: Water, Water, Water
Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. Extra Water Energy after the 2nd doesn't count.
“A brutal Pokémon with pressurized water jets on its shell. They are used for high-speed tackles.”
About $223 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 11, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 4% over the last 3 months — from $232 to $223 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 41%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $232 — that was July 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €125 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $223 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
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Cards trading near $223 today.
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