Poliwag 36/214 · Unbroken Bonds

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 36/214 in Unbroken Bonds, position 36 of 238. Before it is 35 Blastoise-GX, and after it is 37 Poliwag. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

Round ‘n' Round is listed as Ability. You can use this Ability only if you go second. Once during your first turn (before your attack), you may leave your opponent's Active Pokémon Confused. The attack Watering lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Despite the danger, it wants to come up on land. So it does its best to waddle along, but when an enemy finds it, it rushes back to the water."

Poliwag (#060) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 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 Midori Harada illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Poliwag list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unbroken Bonds set binder is where a full Unbroken Bonds 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.