Blastoise-EX (XY 29)

Blastoise

カメックスEX KamexEX

Full Art print
Illus. Ryo Ueda

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

180

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	XY
Rarity
English card no.	29/146
Japanese expansion	Collection Y
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	014/060

English expansion	XY
Rarity
English card no.	142/146
Japanese expansion	Collection Y
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	061/060

Japanese expansion	XY-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no.	076/XY-P

English expansion	XY Black Star Promos
English card no.	XY30
Japanese expansion	XY-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no.	234/XY-P

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Blastoise.

Blastoise (Japanese: カメックスEX KamexEX) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon-EX card. It was first released as part of the XY expansion.

Card text

	Rapid Spin こうそくスピン	30

Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Then, your opponent switches his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.

	Splash Bomb スプラッシュボム	120

Flip a coin. If tails, this Pokémon does 30 damage to itself.

Pokémon-EX rule
When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was released as both a Regular card and a Full Art card in the XY expansion, first originating from the Japanese Collection Y. The Regular print features artwork by Eske Yoshinob, while the Full Art print features artwork by Ryo Ueda. In Japan, it was reprinted with the same Regular Art illustration as one of three XY-P Promotional cards available to those who took part in the Pokémon Card Game Summer Vacation Present Campaign's Gym Leader Challenge at Pokémon Center stores during the weekends of August 23-24 and 30-31. Players could battle Kalos Gym Leaders, earning one card of their choice for the battle whether they won or lost. This card was later reprinted with new artwork by Eske Yoshinob as one of the XY Black Star Promos available in the EX Power Trio Tins starting October 2014. This print was later released in Japan in the Kamex Mega Battle Special Pack on April 16, 2016.

It was later again reprinted as a Full Art card with new artwork by kawayoo, as one of the XY Black Star Promos, included in the Blastoise-EX Red & Blue Collection released on May 18, 2016. The artwork features Vaporeon and Gyarados in the background.

Gallery

Regular print
Illus. Eske Yoshinob

Full Art print
Illus. Ryo Ueda

XY Promotional print
Illus. Eske Yoshinob

Trivia

Origin

Rapid Spin is a move in the Pokémon games that Blastoise can learn.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.