Blastoise 25 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Blastoise 25
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Hitoshi Ariga

This card has 160 HP, a top attack printed at 150 damage and a Grass weakness.

Water · Stage 2 · Team Up · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Blastoise 25 do in a game?

Blastoise 25 is a Water Pokémon card with 160 HP, printed as Stage 2.

Its strongest attack, Hydro Tackle, is printed at 150 damage for 3 Energy — 50 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Grass weakness, any Grass attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Water Stage 2 Rare Unlimited and Expanded #009 Blastoise

Blastoise 25Team Up

160 HP · Water · Stage 2 · retreat 3 · Grass weakness ×2

Top printed damage15050 per Energy Hydro Tackle150 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points160 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band

Printed damage1509.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band

Retreat cost3 Energy12.6% of 17,240 in the 3 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 50 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackRareTeam Up55 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2

RarityRare

SetTeam Up

Card number25

AbilityPowerful Squall

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$27.27Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by80 damage160 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it467 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 playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Blastoise 25 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Top printed damage — top 10.0% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.

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 25 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	81.7%	160 HP
Top printed damage	90.0%	150 damage
Energy efficiency	88.9%	50 per Energy
Retreat lightness	16.8%	3 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EHydro Tackle50 damage per Energy card · has printed text150damage

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

Where it stands

No. 2,895of 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 2,895 at 160 HP.

Water cardsNo. 369of 2,435 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 455of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardBlastoise 25Team Up160 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 220 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Blastoise 25

Hit points 160 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 50 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Grass attack printed at 80 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 25 at a glance

What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 160 HP printed as Stage 2, printed in Team Up.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 150 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Grass weakness at ×2, which means 80 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 3 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded 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 25 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 150 damage, which is 50 damage for every Energy card attached.

Blastoise 25 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Hydro Tackle	3 Water	3	150	50	This Pokémon does 30 damage to itself.

Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Hydro Tackle3 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.

Hydro Tackle 3 Energy150 damage for 3 Energy — 50 per Energy card150

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (150).

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How does Blastoise 25 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 25 — Team Up — BlastoiseTeam Up 25

No.2,895by HP in the archive

Blastoise 25 prints 160 HP, which puts it at number 2,895 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).

90% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 17%Where it sits on printed HP

This card160 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 160 HP, which is 42% 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

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~180 — this card15.5%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 160 HP.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180 — this card	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

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~180 — this card9.0%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 150.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180 — this card	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

228.6%4,926 cards

3 — this card12.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 3 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 damage.

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

No. 369of 2,435

That is where Blastoise 25 stands highest on HP — number 369 of 2,435 cards in Water cards. 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. 2,895 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,351 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 8% on damage
Water cards — 2,435 cards No. 369 of 2,435 by HP · No. 137 of 2,316 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 6% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 455 of 1,749 by HP · No. 314 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 18% on damage
Team Up — 198 cards No. 36 of 156 by HP · No. 23 of 146 by damage · top by HP: Magikarp & Wailord-GX, 300

top 15% 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 160 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 160
Top printed damage 150 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 150

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

2,679 of 17,290 (15.5%)

Cards with this much printed damage

1,461 of 16,246 (9.0%)

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 25 does without attacking

Blastoise 25 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.

Powerful Squall — Ability · once a turn

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.

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.

Powerful Squall 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 25 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 150 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 25 — this card50.0150 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 50.

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 25 — this card	50.0	150 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsHydro Tackle 150 / 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 25.
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
Hydro Tackle	—	50	—

This card, per Energy card

50 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

+15.3 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 150 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Water card do for Blastoise 25?

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 2,387 Grass cards carry that type A Grass attack printed at 80 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Blastoise 25 · Stage 2 160 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 150 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 Grass

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 Grass.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Blastoise 25 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Grass attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 80 printed damage rather than 160.

Cards that remove it in one attack

467

Cards it removes in one attack

1,648

Grass damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 160 HP against a Grass weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackBeautiflyAscended Heroes 1380 damage

×2Grass weakness · 80 printed damage is enough
80 damage becomes 160 against this card

This cardBlastoise 25Team Up 25160 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 467 cards in the archive that can remove Blastoise 25 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 80 printed damage against a bar of 80. 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 Grass ×2

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

Grass cards that remove Blastoise in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Flapple VMAX (19)	Battle Styles	320	250	500
Flapple VMAX (164)	Battle Styles	320	250	500
Mega Venusaur ex (3)	Mega Evolution	380	240	480
Mega Venusaur ex (155)	Mega Evolution	380	240	480
Mega Venusaur ex (177)	Mega Evolution	380	240	480
Decidueye ex (12)	Perfect Order	320	240	480

160 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness means any Grass attack printed at 80 damage or more is enough. 467 cards in the archive clear that bar.

280 HP Arcanine ex [32]

280 HP Arcanine ex [224]

280 HP Charizard VSTAR [19]

280 HP Charizard VSTAR [18]

280 HP Charizard VSTAR [174]

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 — SWSH Black Star Promos

280 HP Charizard VSTAR [SWSH262]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,648 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 25 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 160 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 48.5% 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 25against that record48.5% of the record160 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 25 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 25?

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 25
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Salamence ex δ	Dragon Frontiers	160	80	2
Blastoise	Plasma Storm	140	60	4
Feraligatr	Expedition Base Set	120	70	3
Empoleon	Plasma Freeze	140	10	2
Swampert ex	Crystal Guardians	150	60	3
Seismitoad	Black Bolt	170	160	3

This card itself is 160 HP, 150 top damage and 3 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 25 in Team Up?

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 #25 in Team Up. 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 25, 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 25
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 25 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in 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 and Expanded play. It was released on February 1, 2019.

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Blastoise 25 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, Hydro Tackle, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 50 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 3 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. 2,895 of 17,290

Water cardsNo. 369 of 2,435

Stage 2 cardsNo. 455 of 1,749

Team UpNo. 36 of 156

What actually removes it

A Grass attack printed at 80 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 160 HP.
467 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,648 cards in one attack.

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Blastoise 25 card record

Blastoise 25 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	160 HP	Type	Water
Weakness	Grass ×2	Retreat cost	3 Energy
Evolves from	Wartortle	Card type	Stage 2
Pokédex number	#009	Set	Team Up
Card number	25 of 181	Series	Sun & Moon
Released	February 1, 2019	Rarity	Rare
Illustrator	Hitoshi Ariga
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

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

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What does Blastoise 25 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

$27.27

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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Blastoise 25 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Blastoise 25 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Blastoise 25?

Blastoise 25 has 160 HP and a Grass weakness at ×2, so a Grass attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 160.

What is the strongest attack on Blastoise 25?

Hydro Tackle, printed at 150 damage for 3 Energy — 50 damage per Energy card. This Pokémon does 30 damage to itself.

What is the retreat cost of Blastoise 25?

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

How often can you use Powerful Squall?

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 25 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Expanded 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 25 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 25 — what does this card actually do?

What does Blastoise 25 do in a game?

Blastoise 25 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Blastoise 25 at a glance

What do the attacks on Blastoise 25 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Blastoise 25 compare with every other card?

What Blastoise 25 does without attacking

Is Blastoise 25 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Water card do for Blastoise 25?

What knocks out Blastoise 25 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 25 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Blastoise 25?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Blastoise 25?

What was printed next to Blastoise 25 in Team Up?

Which rules apply to Blastoise 25, and where can it be played?

Blastoise 25 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 25 card record

What does Blastoise 25 cost?

Blastoise 25 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Blastoise 25?

What is the strongest attack on Blastoise 25?

What is the retreat cost of Blastoise 25?

How often can you use Powerful Squall?

Can an older Blastoise print be played in a tournament?

What does Blastoise evolve from?

Can Blastoise 25 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Blastoise 25 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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