# Blastoise & Piplup GX #215/236 — Cosmic Eclipse

## Summary

Blastoise pairs with Piplup in a TAG TEAM that bridges Kantō nostalgia and Sinnoh's starter love, so fans of either generation have a reason to want it. The attack-and-heal engine made it a real Water deck option, and as an Ultra Rare in Cosmic Eclipse it sat among the set's upper pulls. The modelled guide sits at $499, flat over 30 days on 38 copies traded, with 40 days of inventory on the board; the slab is the real edge, with PSA 10s at $2,925 and a 33% observed gem rate putting about $580 of expected profit per submission.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Cosmic Eclipse |
| Number | 215/236 |
| Rarity | Ultra Rare |
| Era | SM |
| Illustrator | Akira Komayama |
| Release date | 2019-11-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Suffix | TAG TEAM-GX |
| HP | 270 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Splash Maker | cost Water/Water/Colorless — damage 150 — You may attach up to 3 Water Energy cards from your hand to your Pokémon in any way you like. If you do, heal 50 damage from those Pokémon for each card you attached to them in this way. |
| Attack: Bubble Launcher GX | cost Water/Water/Colorless — damage 100+ — Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If this Pokémon has at least 3 extra Water Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack’s cost), this attack does 150 more damage. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) |
| Weakness | Grass ×2 |
| Retreat | 3 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Blastoise #009](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/blastoise), [Piplup #393](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/piplup) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$498.87** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-31T13:55:11.281Z
- 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: 0.00% · 7d change: +1.70% — as of 2026-10-31T13:55:11.281Z
- Floor delivered ask: $425.00 — as of 2026-10-31T13:55:11.281Z
- Quant score: 65/100, regime FLOOR_FORMING — as of 2026-10-31T13:55:11.281Z — 9 of 11 inputs · 90% weight · -5% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-31T16:38:19.413Z, confidence 90%
- Open auction — observed 2026-09-12T07:05:47.211Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-31T10:58:42.305Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-28T15:38:30.673Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-31T10:58:42.304Z, confidence 70%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 60%
- Population census — observed 2026-10-19T01:33:42.827Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/cosmic-eclipse/blastoise-piplup-gx-215)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Asm12-215%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)