Poliwhirl 31/196 · Lost Origin

Lost Origin is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 9 September 2022. The printed size is 196. This checklist is longer, at 217 cards. Poliwhirl is 31/196, in position 31 of 217 on this checklist. Before it is 30 Poliwag, and after it is 32 Politoed. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Poliwhirl is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 90 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.

Scav illustrated this card. The same name is on 31 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 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Scav illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 13 other cards of Poliwhirl list a different HP.

The attack Light Punch lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Double Smash is another attack lists 50× damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 50 damage for each heads. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Staring at the swirl on its belly causes drowsiness. This trait of Poliwhirl's has been used in place of lullabies to get children to go to sleep." The regulation mark is F.

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