blastoise original pokemon card - (2/102) - Base Set RarityHolo Rare Hit Points100 HP Water The Original Broken Blastoise Deck!

Blastoise Wizards of the Coast Presentation Galaxy Star Holo Release Date: 1998 Grading: CGC Near Mint/Mint 8.5 Pokemon card value at auction: $360,000 Originally commissioned by Wizards of the Coast in 1998, the Blastoise Presentation Pokemon card was supposed to give stores an idea of what the TCG line would look like in its final print run

It has 100 pages of 4 page sheets to hold up to 400 cards

Kenta Ishikawas art just looks like its ready to bust right out of the puffy sticker on your Trapper Keeper and take you away from all your troubles to soar across the skies to a soundtrack of one wailing solo guitar, heavy on the whammy bar, while leaving a wake of glitter and jealous middle schoolers

Similar to Illustration Rares, Special Illustration Rares also originated with the Scarlet & Violet expansion, but the Galarian Gallery Pokmon V and Supporter Trainer cards are arguably the true, although unofficial, genesis of this rarity

Whilst the event doesnt exist anymore, it does have a spiritual successor in the World Championship