Wartortle #42 — Base Set
Ken Sugimori illustrated 44 of the 102 Base Set cards. Wartortle, at number 42, is one of them: Uncommon, Water-type Pokémon with 70 HP.
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The sold-comp ledger contains zero rows for Wartortle. A price appears here when at least eight verified sold lots for one exact printing and grade are in the ledger — that is the sample size the median is allowed to be computed from. No estimate, no range, no placeholder.
Identity fetched 2026-09-01 from the pokemontcg.io Base Set checklist; prices and populations are not in that record.
The record we hold
- Set
- Base Set (1999)
- Card number
- 42 / 102
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Card type
- Pokémon · Water
- HP
- 70
- Holofoil
- No
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
Its binder neighbours are Seel (#41) and Abra (#43). Wartortle was printed without a holofoil panel; 16 of the 102 cards carry one. 21 Base Set cards print a higher HP than its 70. By checklist position it is 42 of 102, which puts it in the middle third of the binder.
Which printing you are holding
Base Set shipped in three waves, so "Wartortle" names three separate market objects. 1st Edition carries the edition stamp and a flat frame; Shadowless drops the stamp and keeps the flat frame; Unlimited restores the drop shadow. Priced, Wartortle would carry one cell per printing — blending three print runs into one median states a price no one paid.
Walk the set
Seel (#41) before, Abra (#43) after.
Also in Base Set
Nidoran ♂, Pokémon Breeder, Pokédex, Grass Energy, Machamp and Haunter — six cards drawn across the checklist by a fixed offset ring, each of which links back.
Also illustrated by Ken Sugimori
Ken Sugimori is credited on 44 cards here; these 4 come off that list by the same offset rule.
Other Uncommon Water-type Pokémon cards
5 in the cohort; nearest by number: