Blastoise (Secret Wonders 2)

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Blastoise LV.52
カメックス Kamex
Water
BlastoiseSecretWonders2.jpg
Illus. Daisuke Ito
Evolution stage
Wartortle
Stage 2 Pokémon
Evolves from Wartortle
Card name Blastoise
Type Water
HP 120
weakness
Lightning+30
resistance
None
retreat cost
  
English expansion Secret Wonders
Rarity Rare Holo
English card no. 2/132
Japanese expansion Shining Darkness
Japanese rarity Rare Holo
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Blastoise.

Blastoise (Japanese: カメックス Kamex) is a Water-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the Secret Wonders expansion.

Card text

Poké-POWER
Waterlog
みずびたし
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach as many basic Water Energy cards from your hand to any of your Pokémon in any way you like. If you do, your turn ends. This power can't be used if Blastoise is affected by a Special Condition.
WaterWaterColorless
Hydro Pump
ハイドロポンプ
50+
Does 50 damage plus 20 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Blastoise but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 40 damage in this way.

Pokédex data

009
5'03" (1.6 m)
188.5 lbs. (85.5 kg)
Pokédex entry
The jets of water it spouts from the rocket cannons on its shell can punch through thick steel.
こうらの ロケットほうから ふきだす すいりゅうは ぶあつい てっぱんも いっぱつで つらぬく はかいりょく。

Trivia

  • This card later received an erratum to change the Waterlog Poké-POWER to clarify that using the power ended the player's turn and wasn't an effect of the Poké-POWER. The start of the text was rewritten as "Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this power. If you do, your turn ends. Attach as many basic Water Energy cards from your hand to any of your Pokémon in any way you like."
  • The Waterlog Poké-POWER is essentially a more balanced, watered-down version of the Rain Dance Pokémon Power possessed by Base Set Blastoise, a power so strong that it spawned one of the most popular deck archetypes of the Base Set era, Raindance. The requirement of ending your turn effectively prevents Waterlog from being as dominating a force as its predecessor.

Origin

Waterlog's Japanese name is that of Soak, a move later introduced in the Generation V Pokémon games that Blastoise cannot learn. Hydro Pump is a move in the Pokémon games that Blastoise can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.


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