Blastoise 2/102

Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Blastoise Water Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate: 1 in 45 packs (2.2%) Evolves From: Wartortle

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Blastoise #2/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Blastoise #2/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Blastoise has moved up 1.9% to $229.70. PSA 10 copies are up 2.8% over the same period.

Blastoise #2/102 appears roughly 1 in 45 packs, which works out at 2.2% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set.

Blastoise #2/102 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $229.70 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $7,752.31, giving a net return of +$6,486.81 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$585.50 and PSA 8 returns +$149.11, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 51,987 copies of Blastoise #2/102, of which 380 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 0.7%, or roughly 1 in 137 graded copies.

Yes. At a 0.7% gem rate, Blastoise grades worse than the Base Set average by 17.1 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Blastoise #2/102 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Blastoise #2/102 was released on 9 January 1999 as part of Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.