Poliwhirl 68/115 · Unseen Forces

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 68/115 in Unseen Forces, position 70 of 145. Before it is 67 Poliwag, and after it is 69 Porygon. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Energy Ball lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Poliwhirl but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way. 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 Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Poliwhirl list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Miki Tanaka. I count 192 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unseen Forces set binder is where a full Unseen Forces 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.