Base Set

Poliwag BS 59/102

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Poliwag BS 59

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read BS 59/102 there. Its illustration is signed Ken Sugimori.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Base Set set, released here on 9 January 1999.

When it came out

Base Set landed here on 9 January 1999.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
40
Type
Water
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
59/102
Set
Base SetBS
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

The Japanese text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Its attacks

Water Gun

10+

Does 10 damage plus 10 damage for each Energy attached to Poliwag but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. Extra Energy after the end don't count.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 3,412 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 20 Poliwag cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Poliwag card and its price