Poliwhirl44/75 · Neo Discovery Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Unlimited
- PSA 8$302 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 25
- PSA 9$33modelled · pop 27
- PSA 10$52pop 11
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Neo Discovery #44/75, 2001. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.
On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
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 Neo Discovery (#44, released 2001), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It's a Stage 1 Water-type Pokémon with 70 HP, evolving from Poliwag, weak to Grass ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Poliwhirl price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence11 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Liquid — Sells regularly
Sale mix: 4 auctions, 6 accepted offers. A graded copy trades roughly every 89 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$2.7512 sales · 11 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 10$52.004 sales
- PSA 8$29.992 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 9$39.001 sale
- PSA 7$12.501 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- Lot$7.201 sale
- CGC 6.5$9.601 sale
- CGC 10$20.501 sale
Is Poliwhirl worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $33 against the $73 you put in, a $40 loss. The money is in the 1 in 2 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $33–$52. Averaged over every outcome that is −$42 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 | $52.00 | $71 | −$21 | 20.8× |
| PSA 9 | $33.00 | $70 | −$40 | 13.2× |
| PSA 8 | $29.99 | $70 | −$43 | 12.0× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 74 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 14.9% | $52.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 35.1% | $33.00 |
| PSA 8 | 33.8% | $29.99 |
| PSA 7 | 5.4% | $12.50 |
| PSA 6 | 5.4% | $2.50 |
| PSA 5 | 2.7% | $2.50 |
| PSA 4 | 2.7% | $2.50 |
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
11 of the 76 PSA-graded Poliwhirl copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 14%. 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 76.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 374.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 16.
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 Unlimited Uncommon Neo Discovery 44/75 MPRaw · eBay$0.99
POLIWHIRL 44/75 UNCOMMON NEO DISCOVERY POKEMON UNLIMITED DMGRaw · eBay$0.99
Poliwhirl Unlimited Uncommon Neo Discovery 44/75Raw · eBay$1.00
Poliwhirl 44/75 Uncommon Neo Discovery Pokemon Unlimited Moderately PlayedRaw · eBay$1.00
Poliwhirl 44/75 Neo Discovery RegularRaw · eBay$1.19
Poliwhirl Unlimited Uncommon Neo Discovery 44/75 MPRaw · eBay$1.21Cheapest raw copy $1.00 — 60% below our near-mint estimate of $3
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 11 | $52$44–$60 | |
| PSA 9pop 27 | modelled$33$28–$38 | |
| PSA 8pop 25 | modelled$30$25–$34 | |
| PSA 7pop 5 | modelled$13$11–$14 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
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
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.
Put 3 damage counters on Poliwhirl. If this doesn't Knock Out Poliwhirl, search your deck for 2 Basic Energy cards and attach them to Poliwhirl. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Poliwhirl but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.
“The swirl on its belly undulates. Staring at it may gradually cause drowsiness.”
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 Neo Discovery #44 (Uncommon). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Poliwhirl (Neo Discovery #44) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Poliwhirl from Neo Discovery is worth approximately $2.50 ungraded (near-mint), and around $52 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 Neo Discovery is worth around $52 — roughly 21× the raw ungraded value of $2.50.
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 Neo Discovery (card #44).
How do I know if my Poliwhirl is 1st Edition?
Bottom-left of the illustration window: A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.
How do I know if my Poliwhirl is Unlimited?
Right-hand edge of the illustration window: On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
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