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title: "Blastoise 2/102 Base Set: 1st Edition Shadowless vs Shadowless vs Unlimited Price & How to Tell | CardVolume"
url: https://cardvolume.com/pokemon/base-set/blastoise-2-102/versions/
as_of: 2026-09-29
source: CardVolume (https://cardvolume.com)
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> At PSA 9, the 1st Edition Shadowless sells for $8,350 (median of the last 5 sales), the Shadowless sells for $2,827 (median of the last 2 sales), the Unlimited sells for $1,025 (90-day median of 7 sales). The 1st Edition Shadowless costs about 8.1× the Unlimited at the same grade. How to tell each v

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Pokémon3 versions

# Blastoise: 1st Edition Shadowless vs Shadowless vs Unlimited

Base Set · 2/102 · 1999

## Answer

-   At PSA 9, the 1st Edition Shadowless sells for $8,350 (median of the last 5 sales), the Shadowless sells for $2,827 (median of the last 2 sales), the Unlimited sells for $1,025 (90-day median of 7 sales). The 1st Edition Shadowless costs about 8.1× the Unlimited at the same grade.

As of Sep 29, 2026 · Verified and cross-checked sales only · [How we verify](https://cardvolume.com/methodology/)

1st Edition Shadowless

22

verified sales · record $138,880

Shadowless

6

verified sales · record $4,000

Unlimited

12

verified sales · record $1,200

[Full sales history and population](https://cardvolume.com/pokemon/base-set/blastoise-2-102/)

## How to tell the versions apart

Version

How to identify it

Verified sales

Last sale

**1st Edition Shadowless**

Black 1st Edition stamp to the lower left of the art box and no drop shadow to the right of the artwork frame.

22

$12,500 · Sep 12, 2026

**Shadowless**

No 1st Edition stamp and no drop shadow to the right of the artwork frame.

6

$4,000 · Sep 27, 2026

**Unlimited**

No 1st Edition stamp and a visible drop shadow to the right of the artwork frame.

12

$410.00 · Sep 27, 2026

**Identity note:** The seed identity is broadly correct. Use first-edition-shadowless when recording 1st Edition English Base Set sales.

## Price by version and grade

Grade

1st Edition Shadowless

Shadowless

Unlimited

PSA 10

**$17,605**  
3 sales

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PSA 9

[**$8,350**](https://cardvolume.com/pokemon/base-set/blastoise-2-102/first-edition-shadowless-psa-9/)  
10 sales

**$2,827**  
2 sales

**$1,025**  
7 sales

PSA 8

**$3,229**  
5 sales

**$990.00**  
1 sale

**$410.00**  
5 sales

PSA 7

**$2,094**  
1 sale

**$375.00**  
1 sale

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PSA 6

**$1,440**  
1 sale

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PSA 5

**$1,002**  
1 sale

**$368.00**  
1 sale

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PSA 3

—

**$350.00**  
1 sale

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PSA 2

**$708.00**  
1 sale

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Price we quote: the 90-day market price where one exists (median of at least 5 sales), otherwise the median of the last 5 verified sales. Linked prices open that grade's full sales list.