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Check your printing9 different Poliwrath printings exist — is this your card? Base #13
Poliwrath Base #13 Pokémon card
Rare Holo

Poliwrath

Base · 13/102 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori
90 HPWaterPokémonStage 2

Market value · ungraded

$39.34 5.6% · 30d
Confidencelow
Sales · 90 days27
Last sale$20 Raw · 26 Jul 2026
Range$36$39
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. eBay + Fanatics + TCGplayer + Cardmarket. Updated 21 August 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$39.34

What this price is based on

Medium confidence

131 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.

Median · Raw$17.16135 sales
Trimmed mean$18.10outliers removed
Range$4.00$73.99lowest to highest sale
Sales rate49.5/mo322 recorded
1st Ed · Shadowless$38.003 sales, priced separately

What each version actually sells for

PrintingNear MintLightly PlayedModerately Played
Common$18.05 79 sales$14.99 25 sales

Every figure is the median of real completed sales whose listing claimed that printing and condition — not a percentage of the headline price. A dash means we haven't seen enough sales of that exact version to publish one.

Recent Raw sales

  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Poliwrath 13/102 Base Set Holo Rare EN 90 HP 1999 UnlimitedUnlimited$16.00
  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Poliwrath 13/102 Holo Rare Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately PlayedMPUnlimited$20.00
  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — LP Poliwrath 1999 Base Set Unlimited 13/102 Holo Rare WotC Pokemon TCG CardLPUnlimited$14.25
  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Poliwrath 13/102 Holo Rare Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately PlayedMPUnlimited$11.99
  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG WOTC Poliwrath Base Set 13/102 Rare Unlimited English 1999 vintageUnlimited$21.66
  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Pokémon Card Poliwrath 13/102 Base Set Unlimited Holo Rare 254💎NM💎NMUnlimited$19.99
  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Poliwrath Base Set 13/102 Holo Unlimited Holo Rare CGC Near Mint 7NMUnlimited$30.00
  • Aug 16, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Poliwrath Base Set 13/102 Holo Unlimited Holo RareUnlimited$10.65

By grade

  • Raw$17.16135 sales
  • PSA 9$25229 sales
  • PSA 7$65.0021 sales
  • PSA 10$1,98019 sales
  • PSA 8$12418 sales
  • PSA 5$31.5613 sales
  • CGC 8.5$79.9911 sales
  • CGC 9$90.2510 sales

From 322 completed sales recorded between May 13, 2024 and Aug 16, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The median above is computed over the 132 sales of the printing this page lists; 1st Edition and Shadowless copies are real sales of a different card and are shown separately rather than mixed in. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.

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Based on 183 graded sales and 1,904,821 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Poliwrath is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Base (#13), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Stage 2 Water-type Pokémon with 90 HP, evolving from Poliwhirl, weak to Grass ×2. Its current blended market value is $39.34 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $1,100 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 28× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 21 August 2026.

The receipts

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Price history · Raw

24 May 202621 Aug 2026
Latest
$39.34
Period high
$41.65
Period low
$34.95
Change
12.6%
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Verified sales history37 in 90 daysreal completed listings

Last sold
$12
Raw · 26 Jul 2026
Typical Raw
$20
Sales · last 90 days
10
How often it sells
Sells often
daily · 10 in last 30 days

Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.

Last sold price
$98
PSA 8 · 17 Aug 2026
Typical PSA 10
$945
Sales · last 90 days
17
How often it sells
Sells regularly
7 in last 30 days

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

DateGradePriceCert
28 Jul 2026PSA 8$350.00#154666181
18 Jun 2026PSA 9$525.00#127368221
23 Apr 2026PSA 5$71.80#52548895
13 Apr 2026PSA 8$171.50#151328928
17 Mar 2026PSA 6$60.00#143495775
14 Mar 2026PSA 5$95.41#87562643
12 Feb 2026PSA 7$228.48#75216516
10 Jan 2026PSA 9$503.62#84994479
9 Oct 2025PSA 9$388.27#58200008
3 Sep 2025PSA 9$90.00#104471536

Demand & liquidity

Very liquid · Sells oftenDemand 75/100
Sales · 30d10
Sales · 90d10
Price momentum+6%
Hype🔥 Heating
Raw
$20
RawNM
$20

Last sold $12 · Raw · 26 Jul 2026

Should you grade it?

$49

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 3.8% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$945); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)3.8%
Expected return$49
PSA 10 best case+$945
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

The odds

Poliwrath is a Holo / V / ex in Base — the pack's hit slot lands on Holo / V / ex 33% of the time, split across 16 holo / v / ex cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 48 packs.

Holo / V / ex33%16 cards
PSA 10 (gem mint)3.8%567 of 14,999
PSA 924.9%3,733 of 14,999
PSA graded so far14,999
Gem Mint 10567
Total graded14,999

Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.

Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
Target gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$1,100.00$116+$94528.0×
PSA 9$147.20$71+$363.7×
PSA 8$83.48$71$272.1×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 14,999 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 103.8%$1,100.00
PSA 924.9%$147.00
PSA ≤871.3%$39.00

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.

Population across gradersPSA, CGC & BGS — every grade, with gem rates

Only 4% of 14,999 PSA-graded Poliwrath copies are a gem-mint 10 (567 of 14,999) — the rest grade lower.

PSA14,999 gradedPSA 10 · 567 · 4% gem
10567
93,733
8.544
84,040
7.59
72,433
6.51
61,885
5.52
51,338
4.52
4522
3.51
3188
291
1.55
1119
CGC10,070 gradedCGC 10 · 308 · 3% gem
10308
9.5156
91,392
8.51,974
81,438

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Poliwrath 10 is harder to pull.

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$39.34
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 567$1,100$935$1,265
PSA 9pop 3,733$147$125$169
PSA 8pop 4,040$83$71$96
PSA 7pop 2,433$53$45$60
PSA 4pop 522$24$16$30
PSA 3pop 188$23$9$35
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
1st Edition Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$39.34
LPLightly Played$23.57
MPModerately Played$19.71
HPHeavily Played$19.63
DMGDamaged$14.62
7-dayflat
30-dayflat
90-day 0.4%
All-time high$39
All-time low$39
Other printingsUnlimited Holofoil · $77.00
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 5 slab of this card sells for about $95 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.

Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

8% spread
Cardmarket · cheapest$36
TCGplayer · dearest$39

Currently 8% cheaper on Cardmarket than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +6%
Volatility · 90dStable ±5%
Cross-marketMarkets agree 8% gap
90d low $35mid-range$42 high

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

7% cheaper than the US
Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$36

🔥 Trending in the community

#88 on the radar
Mentions this week2

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What people are saying: Dex Binder - Gen 1 Complete · 57↑

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat

Evolves from Poliwhirl.

Water Gun30+
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
Water · Water · Colorless · Colorless

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

Weakness Grass ×2Retreat 3

An adept swimmer at both the front crawl and breaststroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Tadpole PokémonGEN IPoliwagPoliwhirlPoliwrath

An adept swimmer at both the front crawl and breast stroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#13
RarityRare Holo
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesStage 2
TypeWater
HP90
Evolves fromPoliwhirl
WeaknessGrass ×2
Retreat cost3
National Pokédex#62
Card IDbase1-13
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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There are 9 different Poliwrath printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Base #13 (Rare Holo).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Poliwrath (Base #13) worth?

As of 21 August 2026, Poliwrath from Base is worth approximately $39.34 ungraded (near-mint), and around $1,100 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Poliwrath?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Poliwrath from Base is worth around $1,100 — roughly 28× the raw ungraded value of $39.34.

Should I grade my Poliwrath?

A PSA 10 sells for about $1,100 versus $39.34 raw — roughly a 28× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.

Is Poliwrath rare?

Poliwrath is a Rare Holo card from Base (card #13), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Its current blended market value is $39.34 ungraded.

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