No. 60 · Kanto · Water
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Poliwag is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 60 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2024. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 19
- Sets
- 18
- Printed
- 1999–2024
- Illustrators
- 13
- Sightings
- 6
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The strongest Poliwag art
01/06Poliwag
Common
02/06Poliwag
Common
03/06Poliwag
Common
04/06Poliwag
Common
05/06Poliwag
Common
06/06Poliwag
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Poliwag cards, side by side.
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Poliwag by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Poliwag cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Poliwag gets drawn
Poliwag is usually drawn playful, peaceful and serene, often swimming, often painted.
Across 16 Poliwag artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2024
Poliwag through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
- 1999 Base Set
2000 Gym Challenge
2001 Neo Discovery
2002 Expedition Base Set
2003 Skyridge
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2005 Unseen Forces
2008 Legends Awakened- 2010 Unleashed
2014 Furious Fists
2016 Evolutions- 2017 Sun & Moon
- 2019 Unbroken Bonds
- 2022 Lost Origin
- 2023 151
- 2024 Twilight Masquerade
Evolves into
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Poliwhirl18 cards
Poliwag sightingsspotted in 6 other cards
Cards where Poliwag turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Poliwag card
19 cards, strongest artwork first.
Poliwag in numbers
- Cards
- 19
- Sets
- 18since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 13most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2024
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 6in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 40–60
They span 18 sets, from Base Set to Twilight Masquerade. 13 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Miki Tanaka and Asako Ito.
Who draws Poliwag
13 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
18 sets, by how many Poliwag cards each holds.
- Unbroken Bonds2
- 1511
Base Set1
Base Set 21
Evolutions1
Expedition Base Set1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Furious Fists1
Gym Challenge1
Gym Heroes1
Legends Awakened1
Lost Origin1
Rarity
Questions
- How many Poliwag cards are there?
- There are 19 Poliwag cards, printed between 1999 and 2024 across 18 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Poliwag card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Poliwag art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Poliwag cards?
- 13 illustrators have drawn Poliwag. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 6, followed by Miki Tanaka and Asako Ito.
- What was the first Poliwag card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 19 of its 19 cards are Common.
