Pokémon GO · #17 · 2022

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.
$1.99
down11% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 8, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Pokémon GO

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Right now Blastoise trades at $1.99 for the Holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 26th most valuable of Pokémon GO's 88 priced cards. The set's top card is Mewtwo V at $56.26. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $0.48 then, $1.99 now (up 314.6%). A year ago it sat around $0.84; today's $1.99 is 136.9% higher. Over the last 90 days it's up 27.6%, from $1.56. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $2.80 (August 2026) and as low as $0.38 (September 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $1.85 up to $2.34. The Holofoil printing is the headline number here; the Reverse Holofoil at $2.85 prices separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €1.79 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. $1.99 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $2.85
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.
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$1.99
USD is TCGplayer's market price for the English print; EUR is Cardmarket's, shared across the European printings (Cardmarket prices the physical card). Both update daily.
Ability Vitality Spring
Once during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 6 Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck. If you use this Ability, your turn ends.
Hydro Pump90+
Cost: Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless
This attack does 30 more damage for each Water Energy attached to this Pokémon.
“It crushes its foe under its heavy body to cause fainting. In a pinch, it will withdraw inside its shell.”
About $1.99 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 8, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 28% over the last 3 months — from $1.56 to $1.99 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 137%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $2.80 — that was August 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 €1.79 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $1.99 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Blastoise (Pokémon GO #17). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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