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: €10.00. Played a little: €3.60. Worn: €2.10.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read MEW 170/165 there. Its illustration is signed Mitsuhiro Arita.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the 151 set, released here on 22 September 2023.

It leaves listings faster than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 92 out of 100. At least 122 copies have sold since 8 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

151

Squirtle MEW 170/165

MEWJPIllustration rare

You receive

€10.00

It’s going fast right now: at least 122 copies have left since 8 September. See the pokoSCORE

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

How much is your Squirtle worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €10.00 today.

Today · You get

€10.00

€5.00 more than on 25 September

€10.00

25 SeptemberToday

Look back at our offer day by day
Day	Our offer
25 September	€5.00
26 September	€5.00
27 September	€5.00
28 September	€10.00

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pokoSCORE

Market activity

92out of 100

Fast departures

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

Copies gone since 8 September: at least 122
For sale on 27 September: 401
For sale on 8 September: 58 or more

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 Squirtle MEW 170/165?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €10.00 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: €10.00. Played a little: €3.60. Worn: €2.10.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read MEW 170/165 there. Its illustration is signed Mitsuhiro Arita.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the 151 set, released here on 22 September 2023.
Does it sell fast?: It leaves listings faster than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 92 out of 100. At least 122 copies have sold since 8 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

When it came out

151 landed here on 22 September 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 16 June 2023, under the code SV2a. That is 98 days ahead of us.

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: 60
Type: Water
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: G
Number: 170/165
Set: 151MEWSet guide
Illustrated by: Mitsuhiro Arita

Its attacks

Withdrawからにこもる

Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks.コインを1回投げオモテなら、次の相手の番、このポケモンはワザのダメージを受けない。

Skull Bashロケットずつき

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
Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,427 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 Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,427 tournament lists we have read, 441 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Keep in mind
Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on September 28, 2026. TCGdex

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 29 Squirtle cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Squirtle card and its price