Base · #38 · 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. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$2.03
up14% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 7, 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 Poliwhirl trades at $2.03 for the Normal printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 56th 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: $0.84 then, $2.03 now (up 141.7%). A year ago it sat around $1.68; today's $2.03 is 20.8% higher. Over the last 90 days it's up 25.3%, from $1.62. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $2.15 (October 2026) and as low as $0.70 (June 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $1.68 up to $2.15. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Shadowless 1st Edition at $35.99 and the Shadowless Unlimited at $8.91 price separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €2.57 on Cardmarket.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $2.03 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $35.99 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $8.91
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Amnesia
Cost: Water, Water
Choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon's attacks. That Pokémon can't use that attack during your opponent's next turn.
Doubleslap30×
Cost: Water, Water, Colorless
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
“Capable of living in or out of water. When out of water, it sweats to keep its body slimy.”
About $2.03 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 7, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 25% over the last 3 months — from $1.62 to $2.03 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 21%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $2.15 — that was October 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 €2.57 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $2.03 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 Poliwhirl (Base #38). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $2.03 today.
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