Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Poliwrath but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.
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If the Defending Pokémon has any Energy cards attached to it, choose 1 of them and discard it.
“An adept swimmer at both the front crawl and breaststroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.”
How much is Poliwrath #15/130 worth?
Right now (November 6, 2026) the going rate for an ungraded Poliwrath #15/130 from Base Set 2 is about $22.21.
Grading changes the math on this one: a PSA 10 is valued around $938.00, roughly 42.2x the raw price, while a PSA 9 sits near $72.00. 4,610 copies have been graded to date, and 2% of them came back a 10 — worth knowing before you pay grading fees.
We update this valuation every night from live market data and verify it against real completed sales — see the chart above for how Poliwrath has moved over time.