Poliwhirl 24/108 · Evolutions

Poliwhirl is Pokédex #061, generation 1 (Kanto). Poliwhirl is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 28. 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.

Poliwhirl sits at 24/108 in Evolutions, position 24 of 113. Before it is 23 Poliwag, and after it is 25 Poliwrath. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 2 November 2016. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 113 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Amnesia lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Choose 1 of your opponent's Active Pokémon's attacks. That Pokémon can't use that attack during your opponent's next turn. Double Slap is another attack lists 50× damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 50 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its two legs are well developed. Even though it can live on the ground, it prefers living in water."

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. 13 other cards of Poliwhirl list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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