Poliwhirl89/165 · Expedition Base Set Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$313 sold · 90d · pop 21
- PSA 9$661 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 33
- PSA 10$2131 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 24
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Expedition Base Set #89/165, 2002. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Poliwhirl is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Expedition Base Set (#89, released 2002), illustrated by Yuka Morii. It's a Stage 1 Water-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Poliwag, weak to Lightning ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 9 September 2026.
Poliwhirl price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence41 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
7 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 10 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$20.0058 sales · 41 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$74.504 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$35.514 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$1444 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$18.602 sales
- PSA 7$20.401 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 6$24.991 sale
- CGC 9.5$20.401 sale
Is Poliwhirl worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $66 against the $98 you put in, a $32 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $66–$144. Averaged over every outcome that is −$24 a card.
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These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
The odds
Poliwhirl is a Uncommoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
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 grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $212.50 | $72 | +$113 | 7.9× |
| PSA 9 | $66.00 | $71 | −$32 | 2.5× |
| PSA 8 | $31.02 | $70 | −$66 | 1.2× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 84 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 28.6% | $143.75 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 36.9% | $66.00 |
| PSA 8 | 22.6% | $31.02 |
| PSA 7 | 6% | $14.00 |
| PSA 6 | 2.4% | $14.00 |
| PSA 5 | 2.4% | $14.00 |
| PSA 4 | 1.2% | $14.00 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; 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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
24 of the 88 PSA-graded Poliwhirl copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 27%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 88.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 93.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Poliwhirl 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Poliwhirl 89/165 Expedition Base Set 2002 e-Reader Uncommon Regular ENRaw · eBay$14.99
Poliwhirl Expedition Base Set 89/165 2002 Regular PokémonRaw · eBay$18.00
Poliwhirl 089/165 Expedition Base Set RegularRaw · eBay$19.00
Poliwhirl 089/165 Expedition Base Set RegularRaw · eBay$19.99
Poliwhirl - Expedition Base Set - 089/165 - Non Holo Uncommon - NM Raw · eBay$24.99
Pokemon TCG Poliwhirl 089/165 Expedition Base Set Uncommon Regular EN 70 HP 2002Raw · eBay$25.00Cheapest raw copy $14.99 — 44% below our near-mint estimate of $27
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 24 | modelled$213$213–$213 | |
| PSA 9pop 33 | modelled$66$66–$66 | |
| PSA 8pop 21 | $31$26–$36 | |
| PSA 7pop 5 | modelled$14$12–$16 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $20 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
11% spreadCurrently 11% cheaper on PriceCharting 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
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Poliwag.
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Poliwhirl cards
There are 17 different Poliwhirl printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Expedition Base Set #89 (Uncommon). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Poliwhirl (Expedition Base Set #89) worth?
As of 9 September 2026, Poliwhirl from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $26.93 ungraded (near-mint), and around $213 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 Poliwhirl?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Poliwhirl from Expedition Base Set is worth around $213 — roughly 8× the raw ungraded value of $26.93.
Should I grade my Poliwhirl?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Poliwhirl rare?
Poliwhirl is a Uncommon card from Expedition Base Set (card #89).
How do I know if my Poliwhirl is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
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