Poliwag 58/95 · HS—Unleashed

Poliwag is Pokédex #060, generation 1 (Kanto). Poliwag is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Poliwhirl, Poliwhirl (#061) under evolves to.

Poliwag sits at 58/95 in HS—Unleashed, position 58 of 96. Before it is 57 Onix, and after it is 59 Remoraid. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on May 12, 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Call for Family lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. Razor Fin is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The direction of its belly spiral differs by area. The equator is thought to have an effect on this."

Poliwag (#060) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Poliwag 59/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Poliwag list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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