The Blastoise EX (17) Rare Holo from the 2016 Pokémon Generations set is a powerful Basic Water-type card featuring 180 HP and unique attacking capabilities.
2016 • Pokémon • Generations
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Featured
Blastoise-EX
Game
Pokémon
Rarity, print treatment, and game-specific stats for this card.
Rare Holo Ex
Eske Yoshinob
Card Stock
English
Holo
180
Water
Basic
M Blastoise-EX
Grass ×2
3
9
Abilities, attacks, oracle text, and flavor text printed on the card.
Attack: Hyper Whirlpool (60)
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Attack: Hydro Press (100)
This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
FAQ
Blastoise EX features Hyper Whirlpool, which deals 60 damage and can discard an opponent's Energy on a coin flip, and Hydro Press, which deals 100 damage plus 20 damage to a Benched Pokémon.
Blastoise EX is a Basic Pokémon, meaning it can be played directly from your hand to your Bench without needing to evolve from a previous stage.
The artwork for this card was created by Eske Yoshinob, who designed the visuals to honor the classic look of the Pokémon while fitting the set's theme.
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