Poliwhirl #38/102Base Set · Uncommon
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Price history
First price recorded 2026-09-24. The price chart appears once we have at least two daily updates.
Card details
- Type
- Water
- HP
- 60
- Class
- Pokémon · Stage 1
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Card number
- 38/102
- Artist
- Ken Sugimori
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1 Colorless
- Evolves from
- Poliwag
Card data from the community PokéAPI catalog (pokemontcg.io).
Attacks & rules
Choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon's attacks. That Pokémon can't use that attack during your opponent's next turn.
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
Frequently asked questions
How much is Poliwhirl from the Pokémon base set worth?
$0.25 as of 2026-09-24, from our daily TCGplayer listing sample. Poliwhirl is #38/102 in Base Set, an Uncommon Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 60 HP, evolving from Poliwag, illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Is Poliwhirl worth keeping?
In the data we track it is a bulk Uncommon: no rarity premium beyond the Uncommon tier and a market value of $0.25 in the daily sample. Nothing in the listing data gives it a collector-scarcity signal.
Why is Base Set Poliwhirl so cheap?
Collectible value in Base Set concentrates in its 12 Rare Holo cards, which we track from $5.14 (Chansey) up to $184.74 (Charizard). Poliwhirl is an Uncommon mid-line evolution (#38/102) at $0.25, the band where the set's bulk Uncommons sit.
Does Poliwhirl have a price trend?
No trend exists in the data yet: the history begins with a single observation of $0.25 on 2026-09-24, and we record this price daily from that date. We publish the raw daily number instead of projecting a direction from one point.