Poliwhirl 44/75 · Neo Discovery

Poliwhirl is Pokédex #061, generation 1 (Kanto). Poliwhirl is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 35. 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 44/75 in Neo Discovery, position 44 of 75. Before it is 43 Omastar, and after it is 45 Pupitar. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on June 1, 2001. The printed size is 75, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Belly Drum lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Put 3 damage counters on Poliwhirl. If this doesn't Knock Out Poliwhirl, search your deck for 2 Basic Energy cards and attach them to Poliwhirl. Shuffle your deck afterward. Water Gun is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water 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 Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The swirl on its belly undulates. Staring at it may gradually cause drowsiness."

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. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Poliwhirl list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Neo Discovery set binder is where a full Neo Discovery 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.