Poliwhirl 38/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Poliwhirl is Pokédex #061, generation 1 (Kanto). Poliwhirl is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 90 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 38/214 in Unbroken Bonds, position 38 of 238. Before it is 37 Poliwag, and after it is 39 Poliwrath. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Bubble lists 20 damage. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Knuckle Punch is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Although it has become capable of living on land, it spends its time in the water, where its prey, fish Pokémon, are plentiful."

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 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 13 other cards of Poliwhirl list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yukiko Baba. I count 151 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. Poliwhirl can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.