Poliwrath 39/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Unbroken Bonds is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. Poliwrath is 39/214, in position 39 of 238 on this checklist. Before it is 38 Poliwhirl, and after it is 40 Tentacool. The listed rarity is Rare.

Poliwrath is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Poliwrath (#062), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Poliwhirl. In this catalog that name is Poliwhirl (#061).

Akira Komayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 239 other cards in the catalog.

Poliwrath (#062) has 19 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 Poliwrath 13/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Poliwrath list a different HP.

The attack Knuckle Punch lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Swirly Rush is another attack lists 90+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. If Poliwag and Poliwhirl are on your Bench, this attack does 90 more damage. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It's quite a gifted swimmer, even among Water-type Pokémon, but it normally spends its time on land."

I keep a set binder for Unbroken Bonds, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unbroken Bonds set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Poliwrath can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.