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Poliwag

Base Set 2 · #88 · Common
🎨 Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
PokémonWater
$0.51
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HP 40·WWater·Basic
WWater Gun10+
Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Poliwag but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.
Weakness G ×2Retreat C
Its newly grown legs prevent it from running. It appears to prefer swimming over trying to stand.

Poliwag is card #88 of 130 in Base Set 2 (2000), a Common illustrated by Ken Sugimori. At about $0.51 it is the #113 most valuable card in the set. In a Base Set 2 booster it turns up about once every 6 packs. It is one of 19 Poliwag cards printed so far.

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In the Base Set 2 set

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What it's worth graded

Ungraded
$0.51
PSA 8 · NM-Mint
$0.92
PSA 9 · Mint
$2.04
PSA 9.5 · Mint+
$3.57
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$6.63
Estimates: the ungraded market price times the typical premium a slab of that grade gets for a card from this era. Real sales vary, especially for PSA 10s. How grading adds value

Poliwag through the years

Poliwag1999Base SetMisty's Poliwag2000Gym HeroesPoliwag2001Neo DiscoveryPoliwag2003SkyridgePoliwag2005Unseen ForcesPoliwag2014Furious FistsPoliwag2017Sun & MoonPoliwag2022Lost Origin
See Poliwag in all 16 years

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#2$700
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#4$650

All 1116 cards by Ken Sugimori

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#1$53.94
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#4$418
Clefable
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#5$36.06
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#6$27.34
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#7$57.44
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#9$26.76
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#11$40.47
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#12$40.13
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#13$34.41
Pidgeot
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#14$39.08
Poliwrath
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#15$21.67
Raichu
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#16$64.05
Scyther
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#17$32.75
Venusaur
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See the full Base Set 2 card list

Questions

How much is Poliwag (Base Set 2) worth?

An ungraded Poliwag from Base Set 2 sells for about $0.51. A PSA 10 is worth more, roughly $6.63 by our estimate, and a PSA 9 around $2.04.

How rare is Poliwag?

It is a Common, and it shows up about once every 6 Base Set 2 packs.

Who illustrated Poliwag?

Ken Sugimori drew the art for this card.

Can I open Base Set 2 packs for free?

Yes, as a digital simulator. Holobrook lets you open Base Set 2 booster packs in your browser with the set's real pull rates and keep what you pull in a digital binder. No real cards, nothing to buy.

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