# Dark Blastoise #4/110 — Legendary Collection

## Summary

Dark Blastoise pairs the Team Rocket Dark treatment with a Gen I starter that has kept steady fan loyalty since Red and Blue, and Mitsuhiro Arita is among the most respected hands in the game's art history. As a holo in this reprint set, it ranks among the better pulls. The modelled guide sits at $275, up 17% over 30 days on 5 copies traded, with 91 days of inventory on the board; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Legendary Collection |
| Number | 4/110 |
| Rarity | Holo Rare |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Mitsuhiro Arita |
| Release date | 2002-05-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage2 |
| Evolves from | Wartortle |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Hydrocannon | cost Water/Water — damage 30+ — Does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each Water 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. |
| Attack: Rocket Tackle | cost Water/Colorless/Colorless — damage 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.) |
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Blastoise #009](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/blastoise) |
| Finishes | Holo, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$274.99** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z
- 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: 0.00% — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z
- Floor delivered ask: $255.58 — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z
- Quant score: 59/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-02T00:40:45.145Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 38% weight · -31% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2002-05-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-30T19:08:33.864Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-29T22:02:54.493Z, confidence 85%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-30T19:08:38.126Z, confidence 80%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-30T19:08:33.864Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-18T16:35:11.445Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/legendary-collection/dark-blastoise-4)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Alc-4%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)