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Poliwhirl Pokémon Cards

National Dex
#061
Printed
1999–2024
Sets
17
Rarities
3
Total value
$134
raw, near mint
Cards priced
18
15 with PSA 10
Most valuable
$43
151
Typical PSA 10
60.8×
median of 15

CardTrack prices 18 different Poliwhirl cards across 17 sets, from 1999 to 2024, worth $134 together. The most valuable is the Poliwhirl from 151 at $43.00 ungraded, about $276 in PSA 10. Every price below is a blended raw value from real sold results, updated daily.

Poliwhirl is a Water-type Pokémon (Generation I). Evolution line: Poliwag → Poliwhirl.

All 18 Poliwhirl cards

Filter by set or rarity, sort by value, era, the PSA 10 gap or the 30-day move.

18 cards

Prices updated · How we price →

Where the Poliwhirl money is

Value is not spread evenly across the printings — the ranking below is by total tracked value, not by card count, the same measure as the most valuable Pokémon cards.

The top 4 of 18 Poliwhirl cards hold 83% of the $134 total. The remaining 14 share what is left, which is why a “complete Poliwhirl collection” in the collection tracker costs far less than the headline suggests until you reach the top row.

What grading a Poliwhirl is worth

Across the 15 Poliwhirl cards that have both a raw price and a real PSA 10 price.

Typical (median)

60.8×

half are above, half below

Middle half

18.0× – 122×

the 25th to 75th percentile

Cheapest card

6.4×

smallest gap

Largest gap

174×

one card, near-zero raw

This is the median, not the average. Averaging the ratios gives 78.0×, which only 7 of 15 cards (47%) actually reach: a card worth a few cents raw with a three-figure slab produces a ratio in the hundreds and drags the mean above almost the whole set. The median is what a card in the middle really does, and it is the figure to take to the grading ROI calculator.

Poliwhirl value over time

Total tracked value of every Poliwhirl printing since 2021, from PriceCharting sales history; the top 100 cards across every Pokémon are charted in the market report.

90 days

-3.6%

1 year

—

All time

+27.5%

As of

2026-10

$1342026-10-06+106.2% since 2021Hover the chart to read any month
$0$184$367202120222023202420252026

Indexed over 12 of this set's 18 cards — the ones with enough PriceCharting sales history to track continuously.

1 year is withheld: the weighted index and the basket total disagree over that window, which means the index was re-based rather than the cards re-priced. A number we cannot stand behind is worse than no number.

Every Poliwhirl card, by set

Open the other 15 Poliwhirl cards, across 15 more sets

Collecting Poliwhirl cards

Poliwhirl has been printed in every era of the game, from 1999 (Base) to 2024 (Twilight Masquerade). The Vintage (1999–2003) era holds the most printings, 6 of the 18, and it holds the value too: $72, 54% of the total.

Most Poliwhirl cards are cheap to own: 14 of the 18 priced cards sit under $5 raw, the cheapest being the Poliwhirl, and the median card is worth about $1.86. None reaches $50, so the total above is spread thinly rather than stacked in one card.

By rarity the printings split into 3 tiers, led by Uncommon (12), Common (5) and Illustration Rare (1). 15 of the 18 cards carry a PSA 10 price, the figure the grading section uses; those cards are worth about $1.86 raw at the median, against $4.62 for the 3 with no gem-mint price on file.

The grid filters by set and rarity and sorts by value, era, the PSA 10 gap or the 30-day move, so the cheapest Poliwhirl is one sort away (add the rarity filter for the cheapest holo); the by-set index above lists every card as text for when you know the number. Prices are CardTrack's blended raw value from real sold results, updated today.

Poliwhirl card questions

How many Poliwhirl cards are there?

CardTrack tracks 18 priced Poliwhirl cards across 17 Pokémon TCG sets, printed between 1999 and 2024. 15 of them also carry a real PSA 10 price.

What is the most valuable Poliwhirl card?

The most valuable Poliwhirl card is the Poliwhirl from 151 (#176) at about $43.00 ungraded, or around $276 in PSA 10 gem mint.

How much is a complete Poliwhirl collection worth?

All 18 tracked Poliwhirl cards come to approximately $134 in raw near-mint condition. The value is concentrated: the top 4 cards alone account for 83% of it.

How much more is a graded Poliwhirl card worth?

A typical Poliwhirl card in PSA 10 sells for about 60.8× its raw price — that is the median across the 15 cards with both a raw and a PSA 10 price. Half fall between 18.0× and 122×, and the very cheapest cards can show far larger multiples simply because their raw price is near zero.

What is the cheapest Poliwhirl card?

The cheapest priced Poliwhirl card CardTrack tracks is the Poliwhirl from Twilight Masquerade (#42) at about $0.18. 14 of the 18 priced cards sit under $5, so a set-by-set Poliwhirl collection starts cheaply.

Which set has the most Poliwhirl cards?

151 has the most Poliwhirl printings, 2 of the 18. It also holds the most Poliwhirl value, about $43.