# Wartortle #63/130 — Base Set 2

## Summary

Wartortle is the quiet middle child of the Squirtle line, an uncommon Stage 1 pull that mostly served as binder filler and a stepping stone to Blastoise. Ken Sugimori's name on a Wizards-era card carries real weight with collectors, since he is the artist behind the franchise's original look. The modelled guide sits at $1.84, down 15% over 30 days on 65 copies traded, with 1,818 days of inventory sitting on the board; a PSA 10 brings $200, 109 times raw, but a 16% gem rate against $85 of fees makes grading a losing trade, and the slabbed population is growing 3% a month, faster than 87% of tracked cards.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Base Set 2 |
| Number | 63/130 |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Ken Sugimori |
| Release date | 2000-02-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Squirtle |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Withdraw | cost Water/Colorless — Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Wartortle during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.) |
| Attack: Bite | cost Water/Colorless/Colorless — damage 40 |
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Wartortle #008](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/wartortle) |
| Finishes | Normal |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$1.84** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-16T21:41:43.326Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-10-16T21:41:43.326Z
- Floor delivered ask: $2.28 — as of 2026-10-16T21:41:43.326Z
- Quant score: 25/100, regime FALLING — as of 2026-10-16T21:41:43.326Z — 5 of 11 inputs · 44% weight · -28% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-09-30T17:52:09.977Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-09-30T17:52:09.978Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-09-30T17:17:19.323Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-09-30T17:52:09.977Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-10-12T20:09:54.655Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/base-set-2/wartortle-63)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase4-63%3AEN%3ANORMAL%3ANA%3AWOTC~NM)