Base Set 2

Poliwrath

B2FR15· Rare
Poliwrath B2 15

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What the card itself says

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HP
90
Type
Water
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
15/130
Set
Base Set 2B2
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

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Its attacks

Water Gun

30

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 Energy after the 2nd doesn't count.

Whirlpool

40

If the Defending Pokémon has any Energy cards attached to it, choose 1 and discard it.

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. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Poliwhirl to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,350 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.

When it came out

Base Set 2 landed here on 24 February 2000.

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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 Poliwrath cards on one page, priciest first.

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