Poliwhirl

Base · #38/102 · Uncommon · 1999

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$2.12
Market price ▼ 1.4% (30d)
Prices as of Nov 4, 2026
HP 60WaterStage 1Art · Ken Sugimori
1,192graded pop
11%gem rate
83.7×PSA 10 vs raw
-58%off ATH $4.99 · Oct 2026
+$32.55EV to grade — worth it
Market data

Printings & price history

Unlimited▲ 3.4% 7d$2.12
Low $0.49Mid $1.10

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Graded market

Graded values

PSA 10 report →updated 2026-11-04
Grade 6 est.$1.87
Grade 5 est.$1.58
Grade 4 est.$1.30
Grade 3 est.$1.08
Grade 2 est.$0.89
Grade 1 est.$0.75

Grades 1–6 are estimates modeled from the raw price — PSA/CGC/BGS 7–10 and Ungraded are live tracked market values.

PSA 10 price history$177.50

PSA 10 chart is building — graded values are tracked nightly, a new point appears each day.

Graded population census · updated 2026-09-17

CGC1,076 graded · 88 gem 10
PSA116 graded · 40 gem 10

Population data from PriceCharting, updated monthly.

Auction sale integrity

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Graded sales for this card from public auctions, each checked for shill/relist patterns and prices that don’t match the market. How this works →

Clean price · PSA 9
$138.00
High confidence — 5 corroborating sales
Recent sale price by grade · tracked by cert number
PSA 10
$125.00
last $125.00 · Sep 28, 2026 · 1 sale
CGC 10
$52.00
last $52.00 · Oct 5, 2026 · 1 sale
CGC 9.5
$31.00
last $31.00 · Aug 24, 2026 · 1 sale
CGC 9
$19.50
last $30.00 · Oct 5, 2026 · 2 sales
CGC 5.5
$18.00
last $18.00 · Oct 12, 2026 · 1 sale
CGC 7.5
$14.00
last $14.00 · Aug 24, 2026 · 1 sale
CGC 8.5
$11.00
last $11.00 · Sep 14, 2026 · 1 sale
PSA 9 · 1st Ed
$115.00
last $105.00 · Sep 14, 2026 · 5 sales
Unconfirmed
CGC 5.5 · 9 bids · Oct 12, 2026
$18.00
Unconfirmed
CGC 6 · 4 bids · Oct 5, 2026
$12.00
Unconfirmed
CGC 10 · 7 bids · Oct 5, 2026
$52.00
Unconfirmed
CGC 9 · 8 bids · Oct 5, 2026
$30.00
Verified
PSA 10 · 10 bids · Sep 28, 2026
$125.00
Unconfirmed
CGC 8.5 · 3 bids · Sep 28, 2026
$9.00
Verified
CGC 10 · 5 bids · Sep 28, 2026
$44.00
Verified
CGC 10 · 7 bids · Sep 28, 2026
$74.00
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Attacks

Amnesia
Choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon's attacks. That Pokémon can't use that attack during your opponent's next turn.
30×Doubleslap
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.

“Capable of living in or out of water. When out of water, it sweats to keep its body slimy.”

How much is Poliwhirl #38/102 worth?

A raw copy of Poliwhirl #38/102 (Base, 1999) is worth about $2.12 right now, based on the latest market data from November 4, 2026. Across the 3 printings we track, copies run anywhere from $0.49 to $195.60 depending on the version you're holding.

Grading changes the math on this one: a PSA 10 is valued around $177.50, roughly 83.7x the raw price, while a PSA 9 sits near $45.50. 2,661 copies have been graded to date, and 16% of them came back a 10 — worth knowing before you pay grading fees.

Prices on this page refresh nightly from live TCGplayer market data and are cross-checked against actual sold prices, so a single inflated listing never becomes "the price". The chart above has the full history.

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