Blastoise 4 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Blastoise 4
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Kimiya Masago

This card has 100 HP, a top attack printed at 40 damage and a Lightning weakness.

Water · Stage 2 · Expedition Base Set · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Blastoise 4 do in a game?

Blastoise 4 is a Water Pokémon card with 100 HP, printed as Stage 2.

Its strongest attack, Energy Cannon, is printed at 40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Water Stage 2 Rare Holo Unlimited #009 Blastoise

Blastoise 4Expedition Base Set

100 HP · Water · Stage 2 · retreat 2 · Lightning weakness ×2

Top printed damage4013 per Energy Energy Cannon40 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points100 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage4022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 13 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackRare HoloExpedition Base Set55 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2

RarityRare Holo

SetExpedition Base Set

Card number4

AbilityJet Stream

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$499.95Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by50 damage100 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it770 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name55 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line37 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #009 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Blastoise 4 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Hit points — top 43.9% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 17.4%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Blastoise 4 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	56.1%	100 HP
Top printed damage	42.7%	40 damage
Energy efficiency	28.4%	13 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EEnergy Cannon13 damage per Energy card · has printed text40damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 6,636of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 6,636 at 100 HP.

Water cardsNo. 900of 2,435 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 1,502of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardBlastoise 4Expedition Base Set100 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 280 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Blastoise 4

Hit points 100 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 13 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 5 of the 39 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Blastoise 4 at a glance

What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 100 HP printed as Stage 2, printed in Expedition Base Set.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 40 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 50 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Blastoise 4 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 40 damage, which is 13 damage for every Energy card attached.

Blastoise 4 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Energy Cannon	2 Water + 1 Colorless	3	40+	13	Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack's Energy Cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Energy Cannon3 Energy cards

The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Energy Cannon 3 Energy40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 per Energy card40

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (40).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.

Energy Cannon is printed as 40+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Blastoise 4 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Blastoise 4 — Expedition Base Set — BlastoiseExpedition Base Set 4

No.6,636by HP in the archive

Blastoise 4 prints 100 HP, which puts it at number 6,636 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

43% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 38%Where it sits on printed HP

This card100 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 2 card380 HP
Strongest Blastoise printed170 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 100 HP, which is 26% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 100 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~60 — this card22.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 40.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60 — this card	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

3 — this card14.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3 — this card	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2 — this card	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 9of 136

That is where Blastoise 4 stands highest on HP — number 9 of 136 cards in Expedition Base Set. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 6,636 of 17,290 by HP · No. 8,196 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 50% on damage
Water cards — 2,435 cards No. 900 of 2,435 by HP · No. 1,110 of 2,316 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 48% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 1,502 of 1,749 by HP · No. 1,451 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 84% on damage
Expedition Base Set — 165 cards No. 9 of 136 by HP · No. 31 of 127 by damage · top by HP: Charizard, 120

top 24% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 100 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 100
Top printed damage 40 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 40

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 2

1,749 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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What Blastoise 4 does without attacking

Blastoise 4 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

1 of 1

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Jet Stream — Poké-Power · once a turn

Once during your turn (before your attack), if Blastoise is your Active Pokémon, you may flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to Blastoise, if any. Then, if there are any Energy cards attached to the Defending Pokémon, choose 1 of them and discard it. This power can't be used if Blastoise is affected by a Special Condition.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

Jet Stream can only be used once a turn

The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Blastoise 4 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 40 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Blastoise 4 — this card13.040 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 13.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Blastoise 4 — this card	13.0	40 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsEnergy Cannon 40 / 3

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Blastoise 4.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Energy Cannon	—	13	—

This card, per Energy card

13 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

-21.7 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 40 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Water card do for Blastoise 4?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,520 Lightning cards carry that type A Lightning attack printed at 50 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Blastoise 4 · Stage 2 100 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 40 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,574 cards in groups that print a Water weakness Against Fire, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Water — this cardmost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water — this card	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Waterweak to Lightning

Fireweak to Water

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Water weakness.

What being a Water card is worth

Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Water cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Blastoise 4 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Lightning attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 50 printed damage rather than 100.

Cards that remove it in one attack

770

Cards it removes in one attack

724

Lightning damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 100 HP against a Lightning weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackEelektrikAscended Heroes 6050 damage

×2Lightning weakness · 50 printed damage is enough
50 damage becomes 100 against this card

This cardBlastoise 4Expedition Base Set 4100 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 765 cards in the archive that can remove Blastoise 4 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 50 printed damage against a bar of 50. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Blastoiseweak to Lightning ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Lightning cards that remove Blastoise in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Pikachu ex (57)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (277)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (57)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (219)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (238)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (247)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600

100 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 50 damage or more is enough. 770 cards in the archive clear that bar.

80 HP Ninetales [12]

80 HP Charmeleon [24]

80 HP Ninetales [13]

80 HP Charmeleon [35]

80 HP Dark Charizard [4]

80 HP Dark Charizard [21]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

724 cards in the archive are weak to Water and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Blastoise as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Blastoise 4 is one print of Blastoise. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Blastoise has been printed 55 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Blastoise cards ever printedPokédex #009Prints on record 55Toughest print 330 HPThis card 100 HP

55prints

Legal in Standard5Older prints, not in Standard50

Every Blastoise print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Blastoise printed is 330 HP, and this card is 30.3% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Blastoise ex 200/165the toughest Blastoise ever printedSV: Scarlet & Violet 151330 HP
Blastoise 4against that record30.3% of the record100 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Blastoise print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Blastoise 4 can be?

Blastoise evolves from Wartortle, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Blastoise line, oldest stage firstPokédex #009

No imageSquirtle20 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

+30 HP · +30 damage

Wartortle15 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

+70 HP · +80 damage

Blastoise15 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

Squirtle → Wartortle → Blastoise

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Wartortle.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 009.

1SquirtleNo imageSquirtleHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage70 HP
2WartortleHardest attack printed at this stage: 70 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3BlastoiseHardest attack printed at this stage: 150 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it170 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (170 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Blastoise print, and can the older ones still be played?

55 prints carry this name in the archive, and 39 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (330 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

39 rows are shown of the 55 prints counted under this name.

Blastoise prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Blastoise ex 200/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Blastoise ex 184/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Blastoise ex 030/142	SV07: Stellar Crown	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Blastoise & Piplup-GX 215/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise & Piplup-GX 253/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise & Piplup-GX 214/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise & Piplup-GX 38/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise-GX 218/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise-GX 35/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Blastoise-EX 102/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Blastoise-EX 30/146	XY Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Blastoise-EX 18/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Blastoise-EX 22/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise V SWSH101	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise-EX 142/146	XY Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise-EX 17/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise-EX XY30	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise-EX 29/146	XY Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise-EX 21/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 017/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Blastoise 25/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Radiant Blastoise 018/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Blastoise 137/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 31/149	Boundaries Crossed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 16/101	Plasma Blast	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 2/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 001/017	POP Series 3	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 2/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise δ 2/100	EX Crystal Guardians	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 002/102	Base Set (Shadowless)	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 004/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 036/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 037/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 002/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blastoise 2/102	Celebrations: Classic Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Blastoise 03/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Blastoise 004/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Blastoise 20/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Aqua's Spheal 003/034	Trading Card Game Classic	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

5 of the 39 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Blastoise 4?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Blastoise 4
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Blastoise	Base	100	40	3
Blastoise	Plasma Storm	140	60	4
Dark Blastoise	Team Rocket	70	40	2
Politoed	Skyridge	110	70	2
Feraligatr	Expedition Base Set	120	70	3
Empoleon	Plasma Freeze	140	10	2

This card itself is 100 HP, 40 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Water like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Blastoise 4 in Expedition Base Set?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #4 in Expedition Base Set. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Blastoise 4, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Blastoise 4
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Blastoise 4 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on September 15, 2002.

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Blastoise 4 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Energy Cannon, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 13 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Wartortle has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 6,636 of 17,290

Water cardsNo. 900 of 2,435

Stage 2 cardsNo. 1,502 of 1,749

Expedition Base SetNo. 9 of 136

What actually removes it

A Lightning attack printed at 50 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 100 HP.
770 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 724 cards in one attack.

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Blastoise 4 card record

Blastoise 4 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	100 HP	Type	Water
Weakness	Lightning ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Wartortle	Card type	Stage 2
Pokédex number	#009	Set	Expedition Base Set
Card number	4 of 165	Series	E-Card
Released	September 15, 2002	Rarity	Rare Holo
Illustrator	Kimiya Masago
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Blastoise 4 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$499.95

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Blastoise 4 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Blastoise 4?

Blastoise 4 has 100 HP and a Lightning weakness at ×2, so a Lightning attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 100.

What is the strongest attack on Blastoise 4?

Energy Cannon, printed at 40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card. Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack's Energy Cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.

What is the retreat cost of Blastoise 4?

2 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

What does the + after the damage on Energy Cannon mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack's Energy Cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way."

How often can you use Jet Stream?

Once during your turn. The limit is printed in the ability itself, and it is counted per Pokémon — a second copy of Blastoise in play carries its own use.

Can an older Blastoise print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 39 prints listed on this page, 5 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Blastoise evolve from?

Wartortle. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Blastoise 4 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Blastoise 4 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Blastoise 4 — what does this card actually do?

What does Blastoise 4 do in a game?

Blastoise 4 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Blastoise 4 at a glance

What do the attacks on Blastoise 4 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Blastoise 4 compare with every other card?

What Blastoise 4 does without attacking

Is Blastoise 4 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Water card do for Blastoise 4?

What knocks out Blastoise 4 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Blastoise as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Blastoise 4 can be?

Is this the strongest Blastoise print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Blastoise 4?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Blastoise 4?

What was printed next to Blastoise 4 in Expedition Base Set?

Which rules apply to Blastoise 4, and where can it be played?

Blastoise 4 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Blastoise 4 card record

What does Blastoise 4 cost?

Blastoise 4 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Blastoise 4?

What is the strongest attack on Blastoise 4?

What is the retreat cost of Blastoise 4?

What does the + after the damage on Energy Cannon mean?

How often can you use Jet Stream?

Can an older Blastoise print be played in a tournament?

What does Blastoise evolve from?

Can Blastoise 4 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Blastoise 4 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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