This 2019 Pokémon Team Up release features Blastoise as card #25, offering a powerful Water-type option for competitive and casual play.
Blastoise
2019 • Pokémon • Team Up
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As a Stage 2 Water-type Pokémon, this card evolves from Wartortle and boasts 160 Hit Points, making it a durable presence in the game. The artwork is credited to Hitoshi Ariga, whose style defines the visual identity of this set release. In gameplay, Blastoise utilizes the Powerful Squall ability, allowing players to search the top six cards of their deck for Water Energy cards and attach them to their Pokémon. This mechanic provides strategic flexibility, particularly for decks focused on Water-type strategies. Its primary attack, Hydro Tackle, deals 150 damage but requires the user to take 30 damage to itself, balancing its offensive power with a tactical cost. With a retreat cost of three colorless energy, players must carefully manage their resources to keep this powerful creature in play. For investors and hobbyists alike, the Pokémon trading card game continues to attract attention, and cards like this one remain central to the community's collecting interests. This product represents a key piece of the Team Up set's roster.
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Card Details
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Catalog Profile
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Featured Subject
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Featured
Blastoise
Game
Pokémon
TCG Attributes
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Rare
Hitoshi Ariga
Card Stock
English
160
Water
Stage 2
Wartortle
Grass ×2
3
9
Card Text
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Ability: Powerful Squall
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may look at the top 6 cards of your deck and attach any number of Water Energy cards you find there to your Pokémon in any way you like. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Attack: Hydro Tackle (150)
This Pokémon does 30 damage to itself.
It crushes its foe under its heavy body to cause fainting. In a pinch, it will withdraw inside its shell.