Poliwag
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $1.48£1.11€1.30
- Today
- $1.08£0.81€0.95
- Change
- -$0.40-£0.30-€0.35 (-27.0%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 120 | $1.43£1.08€1.26 | $1.08£0.81€0.95 | |
| PSA 5 | 2 | 1 | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 7 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 8 | 3 | – | $13.50£10.16€11.89 | |
| PSA 8 | 13 | 15 | $18.40£13.85€16.20 | $19.73£14.85€17.38 | |
| PSA 9 | 78 | 7 | $35.69£26.86€31.43 | $34.73£26.14€30.59 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $38£28.60€33.47 | |
| PSA 10 | 41 | 8 | $101.70£76.54€89.56 | $102.94£77.48€90.66 | |
About these prices
27.5% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 979 completed sales, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
979 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics CollectShow 288 more, the newest 300 of 979
Poliwag 30/149 Common SM Base Set Pokemon Moderately Played Asako Ito 30/149$1.99£1.50€1.75Poliwag 59/102 Common Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played 59/102$1.79£1.35€1.58Pokémon TCG Poliwag 59/102 Base Set Unlimited Regular Common Basic 40 HP English 059/102$1.65£1.24€1.45Pokémon Poliwag 30/149 SM Base Set 2017 Basic Common Reverse Holo 60HP English 30/149$2.84£2.14€2.509Poliwag 59/102 Base Set 1999 CGC 9 Graded Pokemon TCG Card English Regular 059/102$10.50£7.90€9.257Pokémon TCG CGC 7.5 Poliwag 059/102 Base Set 1999 Unlimited Regular 059/102$10£7.53€8.81
Pokemon TCG Sun And Moon Base Set Poliwag Common Card 30/149 2017 30/149$1.75£1.32€1.54Poliwag 30/149 Common Sun & Moon Base Set Asako Ito Pokemon Card 30/149$1.99£1.50€1.75Poliwag 30/149 Common Sun & Moon Base Set Asako Ito Pokemon Card 30/149$1.99£1.50€1.75Poliwag 30/149 Common Sun & Moon Base Set Pokémon Card LP FREE SHIPPING 30/149$1.75£1.32€1.54Poliwag 30/149 Common SM Base Set Pokemon Reverse Holo Moderately Played 30/149$2.99£2.25€2.63💥 POLIWAG # 59/102 - 1999 Pokemon TCG Base Set Vintage Non Holo Foil 59/102$1.25£0.94€1.10Poliwag 30/149 Reverse Holo Common 2017 Pokemon Card SM Base Set - NM / LP 30/149$2.99£2.25€2.63
Poliwag 30/149 Asako Ito Crochet Style Art Sun and Moon Base Set Regular Pokémon 30/149$1£0.75€0.889Poliwag 59/102 Base Set 1999 CGC 9 Graded Pokemon TCG Card English Regular 059/102$20£15.05€17.619.51999 Pokémon Base Set CGC 9.5 Mint Poliwag Vintage Card (#59/102) 59/102$17.99£13.54€15.84More from Base Set
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AlakazamGrading odds
CGC has graded 2,069 copies. Where they landed:
These are CGC grades. The prices above are for PSA slabs, and a CGC 10 is not the same grade as a PSA 10, so read the two as separate markets rather than one.
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 27.4% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $46.77£35.20€41.19 on average against $101.07£76.07€89.01 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $54.30£40.87€47.82, so a copy is worth more raw.
What CGC copies sold for
Sold prices from listings that named the grader and the grade, not asking prices, and not a PSA figure converted across. A CGC 9 runs about 0.44x the PSA 9 on the cards where we hold both, but the spread is wide enough that it is only worth quoting where copies actually traded, which is what these are. The count beside each price is how many.
CGC 9 and 9.5 are one row on purpose. A CGC 9.5 sells for 3% more than a 9 across the corpus and is the cheaper of the two on nearly half of cards, so the market is not pricing them apart and splitting them here would invent a distinction. BGS is left split because there the same test says a 9.5 really is worth about 30% more.
| Grade | Median sold | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| CGC 9 or 9.5 | $17.99£13.54€15.84 | 17 |
Card facts
- Card number
- 059/102
- Rarity
- Common
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Set released
- Jan 9, 1999
- PSA population, all printings
- 1,914
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
League & Championship Cards058/095$84.09£63.29€74.06
Skyridge087/144$74.48£56.06€65.59
EX FireRed & LeafGreen75/112$50.48£37.99€44.46
Expedition125/165$40.05£30.14€35.27
EX Unseen Forces67/115$35.41£26.65€31.18
Base Set (Shadowless)059/102$30.75£23.14€27.08
League & Championship Cards058/095$13.52£10.18€11.91
Neo Discovery62/75$7.90£5.95€6.96What moves the price of this card
The Poliwag on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set, and it trades at $0.92£0.69€0.81 in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.
Graded, it runs PSA 7 $13.50£10.16€11.89, PSA 8 $19.73£14.85€17.38, PSA 9 $34.73£26.14€30.59, CGC/BGS 9.5 $38£28.60€33.47, PSA 10 $102.94£77.48€90.66. PSA has graded 1,914 copies of it. 979 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Poliwag worth?
A PSA 10 Poliwag from Base Set sells for $102.94. 27.5% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.
Is Poliwag from Base Set worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $49.02 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $1.08 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $52.05.
Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $102.94£77.48€90.66. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.
What Poliwag does
Basic · 40 HP · retreat 1
Water Gun10+Does 10 damage plus 10 damage for each Energy attached to Poliwag but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. Extra Energy after the end don't count.
Weak to Grass ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.