Blastoise GX SMP SM189/248

Name: Blastoise GX SMP SM189/248
Brand: Pokémon

SMPPromo

Card language

Seller location

Blastoise GX arrived in SM Black Star Promos on 3 February 2017.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

SM Black Star Promos landed here on 3 February 2017.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 240
Type: Water
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Number: SM189/248
Set: SM Black Star PromosSMPSet guide
Illustrated by: sadaji

Its Ability

Solid Shell

This Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Its attacks

Rocket Splash

60×

Shuffle any amount of Water Energy from your Pokémon into your deck. This attack does 60 damage for each card you shuffled into your deck in this way.

Giant Geyser GX

Attach any number of Water Energy cards from your hand to your Pokémon in any way you like. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
It has an Ability, Solid Shell. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,952 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
Keep in mind
Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,952 tournament lists we have read, 5,578 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Blastoise GX UNB 35/214Unbroken BondsUltra RareUltra Rare
Blastoise GX UNB 218/214Unbroken BondsSecret RareSecret Rare
Blastoise GX SMP SM189/248SM Black Star PromosPromoThe one you are looking atPromo

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 44 Blastoise cards on one page, priciest first.

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Blastoise GX SMP SM189/248

The market for this printing

When it came out