Poliwrath 17/111 · Furious Fists

Poliwrath is Pokédex #062, generation 1 (Kanto). Poliwrath is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Poliwhirl. In this catalog that name is Poliwhirl (#061).

Poliwrath sits at 17/111 in Furious Fists, position 17 of 114. Before it is 16 Poliwhirl, and after it is 18 Politoed. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 13 August 2014. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 114 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Steamroll lists 60 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Submission is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon does 30 damage to itself. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "With its extremely tough muscles, it can keep swimming in the Pacific Ocean without resting."

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 2024. The earliest other card is Poliwrath 13/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Poliwrath list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Furious Fists set binder is where a full Furious Fists 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.