Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 9$351 sold · 90d · pop 45
- PSA 10$3852 sold · 90d · pop 49
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Skyridge #87/144, 2003. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
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.
Poliwag is a Common Pokémon card from Skyridge (#87, released 2003), illustrated by Miki Tanaka. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 40 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 7 September 2026.
Poliwag price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence40 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 45 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$16.0046 sales · 40 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 10$11410 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$32.008 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$19.997 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9.5$18.602 sales
- PSA 9$85.951 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$24.501 sale
- PSA 5$19.991 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
Is Poliwag worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $35 against the $91 you put in, a $56 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $35–$114. Averaged over every outcome that is −$22 a card.
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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
Poliwag is a Commoncard — 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 | $385.00 | $74 | +$291 | 19.0× |
| PSA 9 | $35.40 | $70 | −$55 | 1.7× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 104 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 45.2% | $114.01 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 42.3% | $35.40 |
| PSA 8 | 8.7% | $24.50 † |
| PSA 7 | 1% | $20.29 |
| PSA 6 | 1% | $20.29 |
| PSA 5 | 1% | $20.29 |
| PSA 4 | 1% | $20.29 |
† Priced from PriceCharting's graded ladder — we hold no completed sale of our own at that grade. Every other row is our own sold data.
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
49 of the 111 PSA-graded Poliwag copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 44%. 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 111.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 140.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 3.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Poliwag 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Poliwag 087/144 PL Pokemon Cards Skyridge Rare VintageRaw · eBay$13.47
Poliwag Non-Foil Pokemon Skyridge #87/144 WOTC CommonRaw · eBay$14.98
Poliwag 87/144 Skyridge RegularRaw · eBay$15.00
Poliwag 87/144 Common Skyridge Pokemon LP++Raw · eBay$17.00
Poliwag 87/144 Skyridge !Raw · eBay$17.99
Nintendo Poliwag 87/144 EX Aquapolis e-Card Regular Common Basic 40 HP EngRaw · eBay$18.00Cheapest raw copy $13.47 — 34% below our near-mint estimate of $20
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 49 | ✓ 9 cert-verified$385$122–$385 | |
| PSA 9pop 45 | 5 sold$35$30–$41 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
45% spreadCurrently 45% 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
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Poliwag cards
There are 17 different Poliwag printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Skyridge #87 (Common). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Poliwag (Skyridge #87) worth?
As of 7 September 2026, Poliwag from Skyridge is worth approximately $20.29 ungraded (near-mint), and around $385 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 Poliwag?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Poliwag from Skyridge is worth around $385 — roughly 19× the raw ungraded value of $20.29.
Should I grade my Poliwag?
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 Poliwag rare?
Poliwag is a Common card from Skyridge (card #87).
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