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Check your printing9 different Poliwag printings exist — is this your card? Skyridge #87
Poliwag Skyridge #87 Pokémon card
Common

Poliwag

Skyridge · 87/144 · Illustrated by Miki Tanaka
40 HPWaterPokémonBasic

Market value · ungraded

$18.79 2.2% · 30d
Confidencehigh
Range$17$22
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. TCGplayer. Updated 20 August 2026. 2 sources agree within 31%. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$18.79

What this price is based on

High confidence

41 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Median · Raw$16.9943 sales
Trimmed mean$16.97outliers removed
Range$8.89$75.69lowest to highest sale
Sales rate10.7/mo69 recorded
1st Ed · Shadowless$14.991 sale, priced separately

What each version actually sells for

PrintingNear MintLightly PlayedModerately Played
Common$18.89 33 sales$12.24 6 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 — Poliwag 2004 87/144 TCG English Pokemon Card Nintendo Rare Revers Holo Skyridge$75.69
  • Aug 9, 2026eBay — 2003 Pokemon Skyridge Poliwag #87/144$56.00
  • Aug 9, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Poliwag Skyridge 87/144 Common Regular MPMP$12.21
  • Aug 7, 2026eBay — Poliwag Non-Foil Pokemon Skyridge #87/144 WOTC Common$14.98
  • Aug 6, 2026eBay — Poliwag 87/144 Skyridge 2003 Pokémon Card N Mint Vintage WOTC E ReaderNM$18.89
  • Aug 5, 2026eBay — Pokemon Skyridge POLIWAG #87/144 - 1st Edition Non Holo1st Edition$14.99
  • Aug 4, 2026eBay — MINT Poliwag 87/144 Common Skyridge Pokémon Card CleanNM$19.90
  • Aug 2, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Poliwag 87/144 Skyridge Non Holo Common WOTC Card$8.89

By grade

  • Raw$16.9943 sales
  • PSA 10$90.008 sales
  • CGC 9$24.996 sales
  • CGC 10$28.805 sales
  • CGC 9.5$18.602 sales
  • PSA 8$24.501 sale
  • PSA 5$19.991 sale
  • CGC 8.5$25.001 sale

From 69 completed sales recorded between Jul 9, 2024 and Aug 16, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The median above is computed over the 42 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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NOT WORTH IT

Based on 25 graded sales and 1,889,841 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.

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Poliwag is a Common Pokémon card from Skyridge (#87), illustrated by Miki Tanaka. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 40 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $18.79 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $385 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 20× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 20 August 2026.

The receipts

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Price history · Raw

1 Sept 202320 Aug 2026
Latest
$18.79
Period high
$22.23
Period low
$3.85
Change
288.2%
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Verified sales history10 in 90 daysreal completed listings

DateGradePriceCert
26 Jul 2026PSA 10$385.00#56320736
27 Apr 2026PSA 10$300.00#104426916
13 Mar 2026PSA 10$118.01#55376500
1 Mar 2026PSA 8$24.50#142688538
4 Feb 2026PSA 10$122.00#89199657
13 Jan 2026PSA 9$44.00#108404512
29 Nov 2025PSA 9$16.00#41643856
27 Aug 2025PSA 10$110.00#104426916
22 Jun 2025PSA 10$60.00#56320737
11 Sep 2024PSA 9$16.83#92609842

Should you grade it?

+$99

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 45.2% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$292); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)45.2%
Expected return+$99
PSA 10 best case+$292
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictWorth grading

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.

PSA 10 (gem mint)45.2%47 of 104
PSA 942.3%44 of 104
PSA graded so far104
Gem Mint 1047
Total graded104

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$385.00$74+$29220.5×
PSA 9$35.40$70$541.9×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 104 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1045.2%$385.00
PSA 942.3%$35.00
PSA ≤812.5%$19.00

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 45% of 104 PSA-graded Poliwag copies are a gem-mint 10 (47 of 104) — the rest grade lower.

PSA104 gradedPSA 10 · 47 · 45% gem
1047
944
89
71
61
51
41
CGC126 gradedCGC 10 · 49 · 39% gem
1049
9.56
930
8.521
86

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Poliwag 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)$18.38
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 47✓ 9 cert-verified$385$122$385
PSA 9pop 445 sold$35$30$41
“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
Normal · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$18.79
LPLightly Played$15.59
MPModerately Played$12.09
HPHeavily Played$8.92
DMGDamaged$4.19
7-dayflat
30-day 9.6%
90-day 33.0%
All-time high$19
All-time low$9
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

Cross-market prices

31% spread
PriceCharting · cheapest$17
TCGplayer · dearest$22

Currently 31% 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

Momentum · 30dFlat +2%
Cross-marketMarkets disagree 31% gap

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
Sleep Bubble10
Water

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Doubleslap20×
Colorless · Colorless

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.

Weakness Lightning ×2Retreat 1
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Tadpole PokémonGEN IPoliwagPoliwhirlPoliwrath

Its newly grown legs prevent it from running. It appears to prefer swimming than trying to stand.

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#87
RarityCommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeWater
HP40
WeaknessLightning ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#60
Card IDecard3-87
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Poliwag cards

There are 9 different Poliwag printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Skyridge #87 (Common).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Poliwag (Skyridge #87) worth?

As of 20 August 2026, Poliwag from Skyridge is worth approximately $18.79 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 20× the raw ungraded value of $18.79.

Should I grade my Poliwag?

A PSA 10 sells for about $385 versus $18.79 raw — roughly a 20× 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 Poliwag rare?

Poliwag is a Common card from Skyridge (card #87), illustrated by Miki Tanaka. Its current blended market value is $18.79 ungraded.

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