No. 62 · Kanto · Water/Fighting
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Poliwrath is a Water/Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 62 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
- 20
- Sets
- 17
- Printed
- 1999–2024
- Illustrators
- 11
- Sightings
- 2
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The strongest Poliwrath art

01/06Poliwrath
Uncommon

02/06Poliwrath
Rare

03/06Poliwrath
Rare

04/06Poliwrath
Rare

05/06Poliwrath
Rare

06/06Poliwrath
Rare
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Which is the better picture?
Two Poliwrath cards, side by side.
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A Poliwrath page, ready to go
Nine of the strongest Poliwrath artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Poliwrath by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Poliwrath cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Poliwrath gets drawn
Poliwrath is usually drawn nostalgic, often punching.
Across 19 Poliwrath artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
Drawn against type
The Poliwrath pictures least like the rest.
1999–2024
Poliwrath through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Base Set
2000 Gym Heroes
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 from
Poliwhirl18 cards
Poliwraththis page · 20 cards
Poliwrath sightingsspotted in 2 other cards
Cards where Poliwrath turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Poliwrath card
20 cards, strongest artwork first.
Poliwrath in numbers
- Cards
- 20
- Sets
- 17since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 11most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2024
- Printed as
- Stage 2
- Sightings
- 2in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 90–170
They span 17 sets, from Base Set to Twilight Masquerade. 11 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Naoyo Kimura and Mitsuhiro Arita.
Who draws Poliwrath
11 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
17 sets, by how many Poliwrath cards each holds.
Expedition Base Set2
Neo Discovery2
Skyridge2
1511
Base Set1
Base Set 21
Evolutions1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Furious Fists1
Gym Heroes1
Legends Awakened1
Lost Origin1
Rarity
Questions
- How many Poliwrath cards are there?
- There are 20 Poliwrath cards, printed between 1999 and 2024 across 17 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Poliwrath card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Poliwrath art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Poliwrath cards?
- 11 illustrators have drawn Poliwrath. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 5, followed by Naoyo Kimura and Mitsuhiro Arita.
- What was the first Poliwrath card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 16 of its 20 cards are Rare.








