Blastoise2/130 · Base Set 2 Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$25014 sold · 90d · pop 2,583
- PSA 9$4708 sold · 90d · pop 1,093
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Base Set 2 #2/130, 2000. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 2/130.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Blastoise is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Base Set 2 (#2, released 2000), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 2 Water-type Pokémon with 100 HP, evolving from Wartortle, weak to Lightning ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Blastoise price history & recent sales
Graded a PSA 10? See its cert-verified sales and price history → — individual sales PSA tied to a specific slab, each with a cert number you can check.
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence105 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 3 auctions, 3 accepted offers, 4 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every day (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$75.00107 sales · 105 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 8$25219 sales · 14 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 7$16818 sales · 15 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 6$11813 sales · 11 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 9$51012 sales · 8 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 5$99.0011 sales · 9 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 8$1995 sales
- CGC 8.5$2374 sales
Is Blastoise worth grading?
Raw $141.08 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $470.00, after ~$74.69 grading fee → 3.3× the raw value.
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
The odds
Blastoise is a Holo / V / ex in Base Set 2 — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 20 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 61 packs.
Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.
Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
| Target grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 9 | $470.00 | $75 | +$254 | 3.3× |
| PSA 8 | $250.00 | $72 | +$36 | 1.8× |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
61 of the 11,873 PSA-graded Blastoise copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 0.51%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 11,873.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 2,532.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 177.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Blastoise 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Blastoise 2/130 Holo Rare Base Set 2 Pokemon Damaged Laminated backRaw · eBay$49.99
Pokemon Blastoise Holo Rare Base Set 2 Holofoil 2/130Raw · eBay$50.00
Pokémon TCG Blastoise Holo Rare Card Base Set 2/102 HP - Damaged- Boxed ShippingRaw · eBay$50.00
Blastoise 2/130 Holo Rare Base Set 2 WoTC Pokemon 2000 HP/DMGRaw · eBay$57.89
Pokémon TCG Blastoise 2/130 Base Set 2 Holo Rare 2000 WOTC HPRaw · eBay$59.99
Blastoise Base Set 2 Holo rare - 2/130 Played conditionRaw · eBay$60.75Cheapest raw copy $50.00 — 65% below our near-mint estimate of $141
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Market check
PSA 10: price guides list this around $2,500 — it actually sells for $15,000 (median of 8 cert-verified PSA sales, 3 recent)
Every sale behind this figure is tied to a specific PSA certificate — see the verified sales in the grading section below.
All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 9pop 1,093 | ✓ 108 cert-verified$470$390–$549 | |
| PSA 8pop 2,583 | ✓ 263 cert-verified$250$220–$323 | |
| PSA 7pop 2,306 | $152$129–$175 | |
| PSA 6pop 2,336 | ✓ 208 cert-verified$100 | |
| PSA 5pop 1,773 | ✓ 130 cert-verified$88 | |
| PSA 4pop 809 | ✓ 53 cert-verified$70 | |
| PSA 3pop 388 | ✓ 30 cert-verified$65 | |
| PSA 2pop 204 | ✓ 14 cert-verified$58 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 5 slab of this card sells for about $125 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
91% spreadCurrently 91% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.
Market signal
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
🔥 Trending in the community
#112 on the radarBlastoise is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
What people are saying: “Just found this 1st edition Blastoise in my old binder. Still has some value despite the conditions?” · 28↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Wartortle.
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may attach 1 Water Energy card to 1 of your Water Pokémon. (This doesn't use up your 1 Energy card attachment for the turn.) This power can't be used if Blastoise is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water 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.
“A brutal Pokémon with pressurized water jets on its shell. They are used for high-speed tackles.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Blastoise cards
There are 17 different Blastoise printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base Set 2 #2 (Rare Holo). The most valuable 7 are below.
More from Base Set 2
Frequently asked questions
How much is Blastoise (Base Set 2 #2) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Blastoise from Base Set 2 is worth approximately $141.08 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.
Is Blastoise rare?
Blastoise is a Rare Holo card from Base Set 2 (card #2).
How do I know if my Blastoise is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
How do I tell this Blastoise apart from the Base one?
They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 2/130 (Base Set 2, 2000) and the other is 2/102 (Base, 1999).
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