Poliwhirl 37/95 · HS—Unleashed

HS—Unleashed is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 12 May 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. Poliwhirl is 37/95, in position 37 of 96 on this checklist. Before it is 36 Plusle, and after it is 38 Pupitar. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Poliwhirl is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 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.

Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 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 2024. The earliest other card is Poliwhirl 38/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Poliwhirl list a different HP.

The attack Hypnoblast lists 20 damage. The cost is Water. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Light Punch is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The skin on most of its body is moist. However, the skin on its belly spiral feels smooth."

I keep a set binder for HS—Unleashed, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Unleashed 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.