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Poliwrath
#13/102 in Base, Rare Holo, 90 HP, Water, illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
- Set
- Base
- Card number
- #13/102
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 90 HP
- Type
- Water
- Language
- English
- Release date
- January 9, 1999
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
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Collector Notes
Poliwrath
Poliwrath appears in the English print of Base, released on January 9, 1999. Poliwrath is a rare holo rarity and 90 HP. The Base set contains 102 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Ken Sugimori.
Collector Insights
Poliwrath is a Water-type Pokémon with 90 HP, featuring a retreat cost of three Colorless Energy. It has two attacks: Water Gun, which requires two Water and one Colorless Energy to deal 30+ damage, and Whirlpool, needing two Water and two Colorless Energy to inflict 40 damage. The Water Gun attack adds 10 damage for each Water Energy attached to Poliwrath but not used to power the attack, with extra Water Energy beyond the second not contributing. Whirlpool forces the defending Pokémon to discard one Energy card if it has any attached. Poliwrath is weak to Grass-type attacks multiplied by two and is part of the Base set released in 1999. The card is illustrated by Ken Sugimori and includes flavor text highlighting its proficiency in swimming techniques like front crawl and breaststroke. Its rarity is Rare Holo, and it belongs to the Base series with a themecolor of #648998.
An adept swimmer at both the front crawl and breaststroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.
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