Base · #13 · 1999
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.
$35.52
Steady · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 10, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Base
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Right now Poliwrath trades at $35.52 for the Holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 13th most valuable of Base's 101 priced cards. The set's top card is Charizard at $928. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $17.31 then, $35.52 now (up 105.2%). A year ago it sat around $21.75; today's $35.52 is 63.3% higher. Over the last 90 days it's down 4.2%, from $37.07. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $41.65 (July 2026) and as low as $16.32 (August 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $34.87 up to $36.12. The Holofoil printing is the headline number here; the Shadowless 1st Edition Holofoil at $250 and the Shadowless Unlimited Holofoil at $159 price separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €29.24 on Cardmarket.
By Printing
By printing: Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more. $35.52 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $250 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $159
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Holofoil printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Water Gun30+
Cost: Water, Water, Colorless
Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Poliwrath but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. Extra Water Energy after the 2nd doesn't count.
Whirlpool40
Cost: Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless
If the Defending Pokémon has any Energy cards attached to it, choose 1 of them and discard it.
“An adept swimmer at both the front crawl and breaststroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.”
About $35.52 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 10, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Down about 4% over the last 3 months — from $37.07 to $35.52 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 63%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $41.65 — that was July 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €29.24 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $35.52 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Poliwrath (Base #13). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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