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Check your printing9 different Blastoise printings exist — is this your card? Base Set 2 #2
Blastoise Base Set 2 #2 Pokémon card
Rare Holo

Blastoise

Base Set 2 · 2/130 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
100 HPWaterPokémonStage 2

Market value · ungraded

$150.80 13.6% · 30d
Confidencemedium
Sales · 90 days15
Last sale$167 Raw · 27 Jun 2026
Range$81$152
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. eBay + Fanatics + TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 21 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$151

What this price is based on

Medium confidence

309 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.

Median · Raw$89.99313 sales
Trimmed mean$97.53outliers removed
Range$13.50$620lowest to highest sale
Sales rate88.2/mo535 recorded
1st Ed · Shadowless$27414 sales, priced separately

What each version actually sells for

PrintingNear MintLightly PlayedModerately Played
Common$92.25 181 sales$89.00 33 sales

Every figure is the median of real completed sales whose listing claimed that printing and condition — not a percentage of the headline price. A dash means we haven't seen enough sales of that exact version to publish one.

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — BLASTOISE 2/102 HOLO RARE BASE SET UNLIMITED POKEMON DAMAGED BLASTOISEDMUnlimited$79.99
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Pokémon Blastoise Base Set Holo Rare Card 2/102 1999 Vintage WOTC - LPLP$120
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Pokemon Card Game - Base Set - Blastoise - ENG 2/102 - Unlimited - Holo RareUnlimited$120
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Pokémon Base Set Blastoise Holo 2/102 Unlimited WOTC 1999 NM/LP VintageLPUnlimited$181
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Blastoise Holo Base Set 2 2/130 Vintage 2000$59.99
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Blastoise #2/102 - Base Set - MP/HP Condition - Holo Rare / Pokemon CardHP$81.00
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Pokémon Blastoise 2/102 Base Set Foil Card MP 1999 Wizards$125
  • Aug 15, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Blastoise 2/102 Holo Rare Base Set Unlimited HP/DamagedDMUnlimited$55.00

By grade

  • Raw$89.99313 sales
  • PSA 8$39834 sales
  • PSA 7$20026 sales
  • PSA 6$16524 sales
  • PSA 5$12524 sales
  • PSA 9$65017 sales
  • PSA 10$14013 sales
  • CGC 8$24010 sales

From 535 completed sales recorded between Sep 8, 2025 and Aug 15, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The median above is computed over the 299 sales of the printing this page lists; 1st Edition and Shadowless copies are real sales of a different card and are shown separately rather than mixed in. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.

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Based on 213 graded sales and 1,901,341 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Blastoise is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Base Set 2 (#2), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 2 Water-type Pokémon with 100 HP, evolving from Wartortle, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $150.80 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $2,500 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 17× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 21 August 2026.

The receipts

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

1 Sept 202321 Aug 2026
Latest
$150.80
Period high
$150.80
Period low
$37.86
Change
298.3%
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Verified sales history25 in 90 daysreal completed listings

Last sold
$260
Raw · 27 Jun 2026
Typical Raw
$167
Sales · last 90 days
9
How often it sells
Rarely sells
daily · 0 in last 30 days

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Last sold price
$82
PSA 6 · 17 Aug 2026
Typical PSA 10
$15,000
Sales · last 90 days
6
How often it sells
Sells regularly
4 in last 30 days

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

DateGradePriceCert
15 Aug 2026PSA 1$125.00#101983823
14 Aug 2026PSA 5$115.00#88263772
14 Aug 2026PSA 8$227.50#78498007
13 Aug 2026PSA 8$302.00#67152174
13 Aug 2026PSA 8$325.00#60283814
13 Aug 2026PSA 6$89.00#68017923
12 Aug 2026PSA 1$76.00#154169216
12 Aug 2026PSA 5$100.00#168599329
12 Aug 2026PSA 8$260.00#72008458
12 Aug 2026PSA 6$140.00#148233588

Demand & liquidity

Thin · Rarely sellsDemand 49/100
Sales · 30d0
Sales · 90d9
Price momentum+14%
Hype🔥 Heating
PSA 9
$560
Raw
$167
RawNM
$167

Last sold $470 · PSA 9 · 27 Jun 2026

Should you grade it?

$177

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 0.5% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$2,129); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)0.5%
Expected return$177
PSA 10 best case+$2,129
Break-evenPSA 9+
VerdictNot worth it

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.

Holo / V / ex33%20 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)0.5%61 of 11,528
PSA 99.4%1,086 of 11,528
PSA graded so far11,528
Gem Mint 1061
Total graded11,528

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 gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$2,499.99$220+$2,12916.6×
PSA 9$470.00$75+$2453.1×
PSA 8$250.00$72+$271.7×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 11,528 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 100.5%$2,500.00
PSA 99.4%$470.00
PSA ≤890.1%$151.00

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC & BGS — every grade, with gem rates

Only 1% of 11,528 PSA-graded Blastoise copies are a gem-mint 10 (61 of 11,528) — the rest grade lower.

PSA11,528 gradedPSA 10 · 61 · 1% gem
1061
91,086
8.546
82,517
7.59
72,216
6.55
62,211
51,699
4.51
4771
3.52
3378
2199
1.59
1290

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Blastoise 10 is harder to pull.

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Market check

PSA 10: price guides list this around $2,500 it actually sells for $15,000 (median of 7 cert-verified PSA sales, 2 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
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$150.80
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 61$2,500$2,500$2,500
PSA 9pop 1,086✓ 108 cert-verified$470$390$549
PSA 8pop 2,517✓ 263 cert-verified$250$220$323
PSA 7pop 2,216$152$129$175
PSA 6pop 2,211✓ 208 cert-verified$100
PSA 5pop 1,699✓ 125 cert-verified$80
PSA 4pop 771✓ 53 cert-verified$70
PSA 3pop 378✓ 30 cert-verified$65
PSA 2pop 199✓ 14 cert-verified$58
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$150.80
LPLightly Played$102.57
MPModerately Played$80.79
HPHeavily Played$59.17
DMGDamaged$43.45
7-day 1.8%
30-day 15.3%
90-day 26.1%
All-time high$156
All-time low$115
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 1 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

88% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$81
Cardmarket$119
TCGplayer · dearest$152

Currently 88% 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

Momentum · 30dRising +14%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 88% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

22% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$119

🔥 Trending in the community

#19 on the radar
Mentions this week6

Blastoise is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →

What people are saying: Dex Binder - Gen 1 Complete · 55↑

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Wartortle.

Rain DancePokémon Power

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.

Hydro Pump40+
Water · Water · Water

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.

Weakness Lightning ×2Retreat 3

A brutal Pokémon with pressurized water jets on its shell. They are used for high-speed tackles.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Shellfish PokémonGEN ISquirtleWartortleBlastoise

A brutal POKéMON with pressurized water jets on its shell. They are used for high speed tackles.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#2
RarityRare Holo
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 2
TypeWater
HP100
Evolves fromWartortle
WeaknessLightning ×2
Retreat cost3
National Pokédex#9
Card IDbase4-2
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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There are 9 different Blastoise printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base Set 2 #2 (Rare Holo).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Blastoise (Base Set 2 #2) worth?

As of 21 August 2026, Blastoise from Base Set 2 is worth approximately $150.80 ungraded (near-mint), and around $2,500 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Blastoise?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Blastoise from Base Set 2 is worth around $2,500 — roughly 17× the raw ungraded value of $150.80.

Should I grade my Blastoise?

A PSA 10 sells for about $2,500 versus $150.80 raw — roughly a 17× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Blastoise rare?

Blastoise is a Rare Holo card from Base Set 2 (card #2), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Its current blended market value is $150.80 ungraded.

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