Price history, listings and card analysis
Blastoise 002/102 Base Set (Shadowless) 1st Edition (1st Edition Holofoil). TCGplayer market price: $1,300 as of Oct 1, 2026. Recorded price history: 758 daily market-price observations, Feb 8, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026. 12-month recorded market-price range: $165.50 – $1,300. TCGplayer lowest listed ask: $999.19 as of Oct 1, 2026, across conditions, before shipping. TCGplayer listed median: $1,200 as of Oct 1, 2026.
Beating the market, or just riding it?
Not enough trading to say
It trades too rarely, or has too little recent price history, for a 2-month comparison with the market to mean anything.
Describes the last 2 months, not what happens next. Not investment advice.
Is this card interesting right now?
Not scored
This card does not trade often enough for the signals to mean anything, so it is left unscored rather than given a misleading number.
Why is it interesting?
No score to explain
It has no interest score, so there is no ranking to break down.
Is it becoming more popular?
Not enough history
We do not have enough price observations for this card to compare it with the market.
Is it expensive or cheap?
$1,300 - expensive for its set
At $1,300 it is one of the priciest cards in its set - number 3 of 204 by price. It is among the most expensive Holo Rare cards we track. It is at or near its highest price of the past year.
What makes this card unusual?
#3 most valuable in its set
Holo Rare is a widely printed rarity - 3,435 tracked cards share it. Only 2 card(s) in this set are worth more. This is the 1st Edition Holofoil printing, which is priced as a completely separate market from the other printings of the same artwork. The set is about 28 years old, so surviving copies in good condition get scarcer over time.
Could you actually buy or sell it?
Slowly - it rarely trades
The price changed in 2% of our checks over the past year across 359 observations. TCGplayer's market price only updates when a copy sells, so a low figure means the price shown may be stale and any trend reading is built on very few real sales.
How does the grading fee compare?
Small fee versus raw price
A roughly $22.00 grading fee is 2% of the $1,300 raw price. Raw price plus fee comes to about $1,322, before shipping, insurance or selling costs. That is a cost comparison, not an estimate of a graded copy's value. We track raw ungraded prices only - no graded sales and no population data. We cannot assess this copy's condition or tell you what a PSA 10 is worth. Check condition and comparable graded sales before deciding whether grading would pay off.
TCGplayer market price on the last day we have for each month; the current month so far.
