Poliwhirl #38 Shadowless Price
Shadowless vs other printings
Each printing is a distinct collectible with its own market. The card's headline value on the main page reflects the most valuable printing.
Shadowless price history
PriceCharting shadowless raw history, 1 Jan 2021 – 1 Jul 2026 — this printing's own series, not the base printing's.
About the Shadowless printing
The Shadowless Poliwhirl is from the earliest print run of Base, before a drop-shadow was added to the right side of the artwork box. Identify it by the FLAT artwork frame (no shadow), thinner HP font and slightly different colouring versus the common Unlimited print. Shadowless copies are markedly scarcer than Unlimited and carry a strong premium — for the Base Set chase cards, a large one.
Shadowless graded prices
Grading a clean shadowless copy turns roughly $4.66 into about $284 at PSA 10 (~61×) — PSA grades this card gem (10) about 19% of the time. Graded prices are specific to the Shadowless printing (PriceCharting).
Cert-verified Shadowless sales
Each sale is tied by PSA to one specific shadowless slab — click the cert number to verify the exact card, edition, grade and serial on psacard.com.