Poliwhirl 42/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Twilight Masquerade is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 24, 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. Poliwhirl is 42/167, in position 42 of 226 on this checklist. Before it is 41 Poliwag, and after it is 43 Poliwrath. The listed rarity is Common.

Poliwhirl is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Poliwhirl (#061), generation 1 (Kanto). 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.

OKACHEKE illustrated this card. The same name is on 59 other cards in the catalog.

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 2023. The earliest other card is Poliwhirl 38/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and OKACHEKE illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 17 other cards of Poliwhirl list a different HP.

The attack Hypnosis lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep. Double Slap is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage for each heads. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its skin is moist all over its body. The skin on its belly spiral also feels smooth." The regulation mark is H.

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