Oshawott
Quick take
- From White Flare, half of the first English dual-set release (with Black Bolt), out July 18, 2025
- Unova / Generation V theme, tied to the Black and White anniversary
- Illustration Rare numbered 105/086, above the 86-card base count
- An accessible starter chase, not a top-tier hit but a real master-set slot
Collector's readWhat it means for your master set
Set landscapeWhere this card sits in White Flare
VariantsCard variants
Holofoil 105/86 · $82.98 — the only variant this card was printed in (no reverse holo or special pattern), so a master set needs just this one copy.
The storyA starter at rest, in one of the first English dual sets
White Flare landed in English on July 18, 2025, as one half of the Black Bolt and White Flare pairing. That was a first for the Western market: two sets built as a matched pair and themed around Unova, the Generation V region, for its anniversary. Between the two sets, the entire Gen V Pokedex shows up. White Flare leans into the warmer, fire-and-light side of that split.
“From White Flare, half of the first English dual-set release (with Black Bolt), out July 18, 2025”
Oshawott is the Water starter from Black and White, and the card plays to nostalgia for collectors who started in that era. It is a common Pokemon on the gameplay side. The Illustration Rare treatment is what people actually want here. It is approachable. A clean starter IR like this fills a real slot in a master set without costing what a Charizard would.
The number on the card reads 105/086. Anything above the 086 base count is a secret-style rare, which is how Illustration Rares slot into Scarlet and Violet era sets. So this card lives past the base count, exactly the kind a master set build is chasing.
By the numbersMarket analysis
This sits in the lower-to-middle band of White Flare's Illustration Rares. Starter Pokemon IRs tend to move well because they pull in players who began with that generation. Oshawott is not the marquee card of the set, so it stays affordable next to the big-name pulls and the Special Illustration Rares.
Prices behaved like a typical modern IR after launch: a higher opening week, then a settle as booster supply spread out. White Flare also printed an unusually large number of Illustration Rares, which keeps IRs like this one plentiful and holds prices down. Expect it to track the broader White Flare market rather than move on its own. Gen V anniversary moments are the main thing that could lift it.
Treat this as a collector card more than a flip. It is a low-risk hold for someone completing White Flare, and the art carries it. Big appreciation would need a wider Unova nostalgia wave or a future format that pushes the set back into the spotlight. Steady demand, modest ceiling.
A clean Gem Mint grade carries the usual modern-IR premium over raw. Centering is the thing graders ding most on these full-art Scarlet and Violet cards. For a card in this price band, grading mainly makes sense if the copy looks pack-fresh and well centered. Otherwise raw is fine for a binder.
White Flare is unusually generous with Illustration Rares. The set was built so every Unova Pokemon got an IR or Special Illustration Rare, which pushed the IR count past 70 cards. As a result an Illustration Rare of some kind shows up roughly once every six packs, well above the 1 in 12 or so you see in most Scarlet and Violet sets. The catch is hitting this specific Oshawott. With that many IRs in the pool, the odds for one particular card run far longer than the class rate, often dozens of packs before this exact card appears. For reference on the other tiers in these sets, Double Rares come around 1 in 5; Ultra Rares near 1 in 15; Special Illustration Rares around 1 in 90; and Hyper Rares are the deep end at roughly 1 in 300 to 700.
Illustration Rare is the more common of the full-art tiers, and White Flare leans into it harder than most. It sits above Double and Ultra Rare on the art and collectibility scale, but below Special Illustration Rare and Hyper Rare. For master-set builders, IRs are the backbone of the chase: there are dozens per set and you need all of them.
ArtworkWhy the art matters
OKACHEKE is a freelance illustrator whose official Pokemon TCG work started in the Chilling Reign set, with cards like Shuppet and Ice Rider Calyrex V. Outside the card game, OKACHEKE worked as a visual development artist on the Pokemon: Twilight Wings animated shorts and contributed to other Pokemon projects. The style is consistent across the catalog: soft linework, a painterly finish, careful mood lighting. OKACHEKE also placed as a semifinalist in the Pokemon Card Game Illustration Grand Prix.
Oshawott is napping in a hammock, surrounded by tropical flowers and greenery, with light filtering through the scene. It is a calm, daydream image rather than an action pose. The holo treatment plays into the lighting, so the foil reads like sun coming through the leaves.
Full-art Illustration Rare layout: the art fills the frame edge to edge with the silver textured border, no central art box. Water type, 70 HP, Basic Pokemon, with Tackle and Water Gun. The holo pattern sits over the full illustration, standard for IRs in this era.
It is a quiet, character-first piece. A lot of IRs go for spectacle. This one goes for a mood. The hammock-and-flowers framing makes Oshawott feel like a real animal at rest, and that softer read is what OKACHEKE's fans like about the work.
BackgroundAbout Oshawott
Oshawott is the Water-type starter from Pokemon Black and White, the Generation V games set in Unova. It evolves into Dewott and then Samurott. As a starter, it carries a lot of recognition with players who began in that generation, and it got extra visibility as a partner Pokemon in the Black and White anime run.
- ›Starter status from a well-loved generation
- ›Design recognition from the Black and White anime
- ›The Unova anniversary framing of White Flare put Gen V back in front of collectors
- ›Approachable card for newer collectors who do not want to chase the priciest hits
- ›Water starter in Pokemon Black and White (Generation V)
- ›Featured partner Pokemon in the Black and White anime series
Own it wellCollector guide
Modern full-art IRs scuff and chip on the silver border, and they show whitening on the back edges from pack and binder handling. Check the corners and the holo surface under angled light for scratches before you buy.
Grade only a clean, well-centered copy. Centering is the usual fail point on Scarlet and Violet full arts, and a card in this price band does not justify grading fees unless it genuinely looks pack-fresh. For most collectors a raw near-mint copy in a sleeve and binder page is the right call. Read the grading guide →
Penny sleeve plus a toploader, or a snug binder page. Keep it out of direct light to protect the holo, and avoid loose stacking that drags the silver border against other cards. See the storage guide →
Plenty of supply means you can be picky. Buy on photos that show all four corners and the surface, not stock images. For a raw copy, prioritize centering and clean edges over saving a little on a beat-up one. If you want it graded, buying an already-slabbed Gem Mint copy is often smarter than gambling on grading a raw card at this value. See the singles buying guide →
Protect your card
Low Chase Score — basic protection is plenty. · Amazon affiliate links · Storage guideWord on the streetCommunity sentiment
Collectors have generally liked this one. The art lands as cozy and easy to live with, and OKACHEKE's name carries goodwill. People talk about it as one of the nicer affordable IRs in White Flare rather than a headline card.
Most of the chatter around White Flare focused on the bigger Gen V hits and the novelty of the first English dual set. Oshawott rides along in that conversation as a well-liked starter pull. No outsized hype, steady positive sentiment.
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