BLASTOISE #2/130 - BASE SET 2
- Set
- Pokemon Base Set 2 (Base series)
- Number
- 2/130
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- Card type
- Pokémon - Stage 2 (Water)
- Artist
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- (2000-02-24)
- Raw card reference RAW / UNGRADED
- $157.01 USD (TCGplayer market, holofoil, as of 2026-09-11)Loose, ungraded copy. Not a graded slab - graded values are charted below.
- Graded slab data GRADED SLAB
- 4 Rip Station marks - per grader and grade, see the chart.
- In our machines
- 2 in the $200.00 machine
A brutal Pokémon with pressurized water jets on its shell. They are used for high-speed tackles.
RIP IT
Blastoise is in the $200.00 machine right now - PSA 8, CGC 8.5 loaded. A pack reveals one random card from that machine.
Rip the $200.00 machineABOUT THIS CARD
Blastoise is a rare holo Pokemon card from Pokemon Base Set 2, card 2 of 130, released February 24, 2000 in the Base series. The illustration is by Ken Sugimori.
VALUE
What is Blastoise #2 from Base Set 2 worth?
Two different numbers answer this, and they are not interchangeable. Raw/ungraded: a loose, ungraded copy of Blastoise #2 (Base Set 2) carries a market reference of $157.01 USD for the holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price, as of 2026-09-11). Graded slabs: a graded example is priced per grading company and per grade and can sit far above that raw figure - our own graded marks for this card are charted and tabled below, per grader and grade. Both are references, not offers. The graded copy in our machine carries a Rip Station estimated slab value of $318.26 (PSA 8).
Graded slab values over time GRADED SLAB
Slab values, per grading company and grade. These are a different market from the raw/ungraded reference in the facts block above - do not read one as the other.
| Date | Grader | Grade | Estimated slab value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | PSA | 5 | $120.00 |
| 2026-06-12 | PSA | 8 | $285.00 |
| 2026-06-23 | PSA | 8 | $232.50 |
| 2026-08-03 | CGC | 8.5 | $282.00 |
PULL RATE
What are the odds of pulling Blastoise #2?
From published pack odds, any holofoil rare appeared about 1 in 3 packs in Base Set 2 boosters. With 20 cards sharing that slot, pulling Blastoise specifically works out to roughly 1 in 60 packs, assuming equal seeding. In the Rip Station $200.00 machine right now, 2 of 900 loaded cards are this card - about 0.22% per rip.
Source: Bulbapedia: Booster pack (TCG). Per-card figure derived as slot odds x 20 eligible cards.
POP REPORT
Rip Station vault population - graded slabs GRADED SLAB
Counts of GRADED copies, by grading company and grade, that have passed through our machines. Raw/ungraded copies are counted separately in the Raw row.
| Grader | Grade | Copies |
|---|---|---|
| CGC | 8.5 | 1 |
| PSA | 8 | 2 |
| PSA | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | |
IN OUR MACHINES
Is Blastoise #2 in a Rip Station machine?
Yes. 2 graded copies of Blastoise are loaded in the $200.00 machine. A pack from that machine reveals one random card from everything loaded in it.
- $200.00 machine: 2 of 900 loaded cards (0.22% per rip). Rip this machine
SOURCES
- Card metadata and image: the open pokemontcg.io dataset.
- Raw/ungraded reference value: pokemontcg.io market snapshot (tcgplayer), as of 2026-09-11. An ungraded single, an estimate, not an offer - and not a graded slab value.
- Pack odds: cited above per slot.
- Machine availability, composition odds, graded vault population and graded price marks: Rip Station first-party data.