Wartortle

Wartortle in the anime and manga

A group of Wartortle formed a firefighting squad led by Captain Aidan, working alongside Team Squirtle and Team Blastoise. Ash's Squirtle briefly joined Team Wartortle in The Pokémon Water War, and the team later faced the Squirtle Squad in the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix in The Fire-ring Squad. May's Squirtle was revealed to have become a Wartortle in Staging a Heroes' Welcome!, performing in the Wallace Cup, and Tierno's Wartortle had evolved into Blastoise by Tag Team Battle Inspiration!. In the manga, Green's Wartortle, nicknamed Blasty, evolved from a Squirtle she stole from Professor Oak and later became a Blastoise on her team.

Wartortle on cards

Wartortle's first card appeared in the original 1999 Base Set, illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Team Rocket and Legendary Collection each added a Dark Wartortle illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. The Scarlet & Violet era's 151 set gave it both a standard Uncommon and an Illustration Rare, the latter illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.

Cards to know

• Wartortle (Base Set #42)

  Wartortle's first card, a 1999 Base Set Uncommon illustrated by Ken Sugimori.

• Dark Wartortle (Team Rocket #46)

  Team Rocket's Dark Wartortle, illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.

• Wartortle (151 #171)

  151's Illustration Rare Wartortle, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.