# Wartortle #15/101 — Plasma Blast

## Summary

Wartortle is the middle step of the Kanto starter line, a stage fans tend to overlook between the beloved Squirtle and the Blastoise payoff. An uncommon from Plasma Blast sat in the mid-tier of the pack and saw little tournament play, so demand comes from Akira Komayama completists and Gen I Water collectors. The modelled guide sits at $1.94, up 2% over 30 days on 17 copies traded, with 105 days of inventory on the board; a PSA 10 guides at $50, 26 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Plasma Blast |
| Number | 15/101 |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Era | BW |
| Illustrator | Akira Komayama |
| Release date | 2013-08-14 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Squirtle |
| HP | 80 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Bubble | cost Water — Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. |
| Attack: Double Spin | cost Water/Colorless/Colorless — damage 30 — Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. |
| Weakness | Grass ×2 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Wartortle #008](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/wartortle) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$1.94** (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: 36/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-10-16T21:41:43.326Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 38% weight · -31% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2013-08-14T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-08T08:22:34.656Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-09-28T10:27:15.996Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-09-27T14:56:48.380Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-09-28T10:27:15.996Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-07T02:32:12.516Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/plasma-blast/wartortle-15)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abw10-15%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)