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: €15.00. Played a little: €2.95.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read BS 42/102 there. Its illustration is signed Ken Sugimori.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Base Set set, released here on 9 January 1999.

Base Set

Wartortle BS 42/102

Name: Wartortle BS 42
Brand: Pokémon

BSFRUncommon

You receive

€15.00

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

How much is your Wartortle worth?

A first-edition copy in French, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €15.00 today.

Today · You get

€15.00

€5.00 more than on 23 September

€15.00

23 SeptemberToday

Look back at our offer day by day
Day	Our offer
23 September	€10.00
24 September	€10.00
25 September	€10.00
26 September	€15.00
27 September	€15.00

The blue line is our offer since 23 September, in the condition and language you picked. It follows the market, so it moves. Run your finger or your mouse along it to look back at each day.

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Market activity

61out of 100

Intermediate pace

It leaves listings at an intermediate pace among the cards we buy in French.

Copies gone since 3 September: at least 19
For sale on 26 September: 246
For sale on 3 September: 51 or more

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

These counts put first edition and unlimited together.

Versions of this card

Check the number and illustration against the card you are looking for.

What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Wartortle BS 42/102?: A first-edition copy in French, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €15.00 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: €15.00. Played a little: €2.95.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read BS 42/102 there. Its illustration is signed Ken Sugimori.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Base Set set, released here on 9 January 1999.

When it came out

Base Set landed here on 9 January 1999.

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: 70
Type: Water
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Number: 42/102
Set: Base SetBS
Illustrated by: Ken Sugimori

Its attacks

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Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Wartortle during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)Lancez une pièce. Si c'est face, prévenez tous les dégâts infligés à Carabaffe pendant le prochain tour de votre adversaire. (Tout autre effet ou attaque est toujours valide.)

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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.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,417 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 5,417 tournament lists we have read, 441 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 20 Wartortle cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Wartortle card and its price