Dark Blastoise (Team Rocket 3)

Dark Blastoise LV.28 わるいカメックス Bad Kamex

Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Dark Wartortle Card name Dark Blastoise Type Water HP 70 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Team Rocket Rarity English card no. 3/82 Japanese expansion Rocket Gang Japanese rarity Expansion Team Rocket Rarity English card no. 20/82 TCG GB2 set We Are Team Rocket TCG GB2 ID G15 Japanese expansion Pokémon Web Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 044/048 Expansion Legendary Collection Rarity English card no. 4/110 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Blastoise.

Dark Blastoise (Japanese: わるいカメックス Bad Kamex) is a Water-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Team Rocket expansion.

Card text

Team Rocket print

Hydrocannon ハイドロキャノン 30+

Does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each Energy attached to Dark Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack. You can't add more than 40 damage in this way.

Rocket Tackle ロケットタックル 40

Dark Blastoise does 10 damage to itself. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Dark Blastoise during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)

Legendary Collection print

Hydrocannon ハイドロキャノン 30+

Does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each Energy attached to Dark Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 40 damage in this way.

Rocket Tackle ロケットタックル 40

Dark Blastoise does 10 damage to itself. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Dark Blastoise during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)

Pokédex data

Water Water Blastoise - Shellfish Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
009	5'3" (1.6 m)	189 lbs. (86 kg)
Pokédex entry
An aggressive Pokémon that tackles anything it sees.
好戦的な性格で、相手がなんであれ、タックルしてくる。

Release information

This card was included in the Team Rocket expansion as both a Holofoil and Non Holofoil card, first released in the Japanese Rocket Gang expansion as a Holofoil card. The Holofoil print was later reprinted in the Japanese Pokémon Web expansion. The Holofoil print was later reprinted in the Legendary Collection expansion. It was reprinted as a Non Holofoil card in the Turmoil Theme Deck.

Gallery

TCG GB2 We Are Team Rocket sprite	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Although this Pokémon is level 28, Wartortle does not evolve into Blastoise until level 36.

Origin

Hydro Cannon, formatted on this card as Hydrocannon, is a move later introduced in the Generation III Pokémon games that Blastoise can learn. The Japanese name of Hydro Cannon is spelled ハイドロキャノン rather than ハイドロカノン as in the games.

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