Blastoise 4/165

Set: Expedition Base Set Released: Sep 15, 2002
Pokémon: Blastoise Water Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Kimiya Masago Pull Rate: 1 in 96 packs (1.0%) Evolves From: Wartortle

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Blastoise #4/165 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Blastoise #4/165 from Expedition Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Blastoise has stayed flat at $400.00. PSA 10 copies are up 46.9% over the same period.

Blastoise #4/165 appears roughly 1 in 96 packs, which works out at 1.0% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Blastoise #4/165 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $400.00 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $20,357.49, giving a net return of +$17,283.02 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$2,133.52 and PSA 8 returns +$730.88, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 1,881 copies of Blastoise #4/165, of which 89 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 4.7%, or roughly 1 in 21 graded copies.

Yes. At a 4.7% gem rate, Blastoise grades worse than the Expedition Base Set average by 13.3 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Blastoise #4/165 was illustrated by Kimiya Masago, who has illustrated 50 Pokémon cards in total.

Blastoise #4/165 was released on 15 September 2002 as part of Expedition Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.