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Dark Blastoise
Legendary Collection 4/110 • holo-rare
- Set
- Legendary Collection
- Number
- 4/110
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- Released
- 2002
- Energy type
- water energy
- Finish
- Cosmos
- Market price
- $975.00
- Artist
- Mitsuhiro Arita
What it does
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.
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.)
An aggressive Pokémon that tackles anything it sees.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
The Dark Blastoise card from the Legendary Collection was released in 2002 as part of a retrospective set for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This set was unique at the time because it served as a 'best of' compilation, bringing together some of the most popular cards from earlier expansions. It was designed to provide a new generation of players with access to older, iconic characters while introducing the distinct 'reverse-holo' card finish that remains a hallmark of this collection.
The illustration for Dark Blastoise maintains the intense, gritty aesthetic typical of the 'Dark' series from the Team Rocket expansion, originally intended to depict a more aggressive evolution of the classic Pokémon. The artwork focuses on a stern, battle-ready Blastoise, capturing the transition toward a more mature design style that emerged during the early 2000s. While the character design originates from Ken Sugimori's foundational work, the Legendary Collection variant is noted primarily for its inclusion of the decorative, textured foil pattern that defines the set’s visual identity.
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