Poliwrath 43/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Poliwrath is Pokédex #062, generation 1 (Kanto). Poliwrath is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 170 HP. The card says it evolves from Poliwhirl. In this catalog that name is Poliwhirl (#061).

Poliwrath sits at 43/167 in Twilight Masquerade, position 43 of 226. Before it is 42 Poliwhirl, and after it is 44 Goldeen. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 24, 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Hypnosis lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep. Jumping Uppercut is another attack lists 120+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. You may do 120 more damage. If you do, shuffle this Pokémon and all attached cards into your deck. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It can use its well-developed arms and legs to run on the surface of the water for a split second." The regulation mark is H.

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 2023. The earliest other card is Poliwrath 13/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Nisota Niso illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Poliwrath list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Nisota Niso. I count 39 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Twilight Masquerade set binder is where a full Twilight Masquerade set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Poliwrath can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.