Blastoise PLB 16/101

Name: Blastoise PLB 16/101
Brand: Pokémon

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Blastoise has appeared in several sets: Plasma Blast (PLB 16) and Boundaries Crossed (BCR 31). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

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

Plasma Blast landed here on 14 August 2013.

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: 140
Type: Water
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 4
Weakness: ×2
Number: 16/101
Set: Plasma BlastPLBSet guide
Illustrated by: Satoshi Shirai

Its Ability

Deluge

As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Water Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon.

Its attacks

Hydro Pump

Does 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to this Pokémon.

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, Deluge. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 4. 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 8,065 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
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Wartortle to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,065 tournament lists we have read, 5,066 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 PLB 16/101Plasma BlastRareThe one you are looking atRare
Blastoise BCR 31/149Boundaries CrossedRareRare

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.

View all Blastoise cards

Blastoise PLB 16/101

The market for this printing

When it came out