Poliwhirl 88/144 · Skyridge

Poliwhirl is Pokédex #061, generation 1 (Kanto). Poliwhirl is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Poliwag. In this catalog that name is Poliwag (#060). The card lists Poliwrath, Poliwrath (#062) and Politoed, Politoed (#186) under evolves to.

Poliwhirl sits at 88/144 in Skyridge, position 88 of 182. Before it is 87 Poliwag, and after it is 89 Raticate. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Twiddle lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Double Kick is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Poliwhirl (#061) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Poliwhirl 38/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hisao Nakamura illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Poliwhirl list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hisao Nakamura. I count 71 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Skyridge set binder is where a full Skyridge set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Poliwhirl can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.