Does the condition of the card change its price?

Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €5.00. Played a little: €2.45.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read SMP SM189/248 there. Its illustration is signed sadaji.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the SM Black Star Promos set, released here on 3 February 2017.

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 40 out of 100. At least 3 copies have sold since 9 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

SM Black Star Promos

Blastoise GX SMP SM189/248

SMPJPPromo

You receive

€5.00

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Blastoise GX worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €5.00 today.

Today · You get

€5.00

The same price as on 26 September

€5.00

26 SeptemberToday

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Day	Our offer
26 September	€5.00
27 September	€5.00
28 September	€5.00

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pokoSCORE

Market activity

40out of 100

Slow departures

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese.

Copies gone since 9 September: at least 3
For sale on 27 September: 25
For sale on 9 September: 23

From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Blastoise GX SMP SM189/248?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €5.00 today.
Does the condition of the card change its price?: Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €5.00. Played a little: €2.45.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read SMP SM189/248 there. Its illustration is signed sadaji.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the SM Black Star Promos set, released here on 3 February 2017.
Does it sell fast?: It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 40 out of 100. At least 3 copies have sold since 9 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

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 PromosSMP
Illustrated by: sadaji

Its Ability

Solid Shellかたいこうら

This Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).このポケモンが受けるワザのダメージは「-30」される。

Its attacks

Rocket Splashロケットスプラッシュ

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.自分の場のポケモンについている[水]エネルギーを好きなだけ山札にもどし、その枚数x60ダメージ。その場合、山札を切る。

Giant Geyser GXだいほうすい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.)自分の手札にある[水]エネルギーを好きなだけ、自分のポケモンに好きなようにつける。［対戦中、自分はGXワザを1回しか使えない。］

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 5,461 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 5,461 tournament lists we have read, 3,454 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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.

See every Blastoise card and its price