Blastoise (Base Set 2)

Bulbasaur LV.52 カメックス Kamex [[File:-attack.png|{{{3}}}| |link=|25px]]
File:101 009 KAMEX.jpg Illus. Ken Sugimori
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Set	Base Set
Rarity	H
English Card No.	2/102
Japanese Set	Unnumbered Promotional cards
Template:Card GB	Evolution
Template:Card GB	B19
Template:Card GB 2	Legendary Power
Template:Card GB 2	B19
Template:Card GB 2	Promotional
Template:Card GB 2	P05

Blastoise (Japanese: カメックス Kamex) is a Water-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the Base Set.

Card text

Pokédex data

Species	Shellfish Pokémon
Length	5'3" (1.6m)
Weight	189 lbs (85.5Kg)
Pokémon No.	9
Entry	A brutal Pokémon with pressurized water jets on its shell. They are used for high-speed tackles.

Release information

• This card was released as a promotional card with different artwork, also by Ken Sugimori. In Japan, it was available through the "Please Trade" Campaign that ran from February to July in 1998. This variant card was never released in English.
• Later Japanese versions were released as part of the "Pokémon Best Collection" CD.
• This card was also reprinted in the Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection reprint sets, which were only released outside of Japan.

Gallery

• 101 009 KAMEX.jpg

  Base Set print
  Illus. Ken Sugimori

• BestCDBlastoise.jpg

  Best CD print
  Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

• Rain Dance later appeared as a move in the Pokémon games.
• The Blastoise included in the "Pokémon Best Collection" CD has the Pikachu Records logo in place of an Expansion symbol
• A few copies of the card lack the word "Stage" in the text in the upper right explaining how to play the card.

Origin

Hydro Pump is a move in the Pokémon games that Blastoise can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, though it is slightly reworded. Rain Dance is also a move in the Pokémon games that Blastoise, though it wasn't until the next generation that it was introduced.