Poliwhirl
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $1.99£1.50€1.75
- Today
- $1.73£1.30€1.52
- Change
- -$0.26-£0.20-€0.23 (-13.1%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 165 | $1.95£1.47€1.72 | $1.73£1.30€1.52 | |
| PSA 3 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 2 | 2 | – | $19£14.30€16.73 | |
| PSA 7 | 6 | 4 | – | $12.77£9.61€11.25 | |
| PSA 8 | 17 | 6 | $26.75£20.13€23.56 | $17.25£12.98€15.19 | |
| PSA 9 | 49 | 14 | $52.01£39.15€45.80 | $45£33.87€39.63 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $50£37.63€44.03 | |
| PSA 10 | 40 | 4 | – | $155.50£117.04€136.94 | |
About these prices
34.5% 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 1,027 completed sales, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
1,027 completed listings on eBayShow 288 more, the newest 300 of 1,027
Poliwhirl 38/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played 38/102$2£1.51€1.76Poliwhirl 38/102 Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Card Vintage PACK FRESH NM-MINT 38/102$7£5.27€6.16Poliwhirl 38/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately Played 038/102$1.74£1.31€1.53
Wizards of the Coast Pokemon TCG Poliwhirl 38/102 Base Set Uncommon 60 HP 1999 038/102$1.33£1€1.171999 Pokémon Unlimited - Poliwhirl - Base Set 38/102 - Unplayed TCG Card! 38/102$0.99£0.75€0.8710Pokemon Poliwhirl Base Set Unlimited 38/102 PSA 10 Gem Mint 38/102$155.50£117.04€136.94Poliwhirl 38/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Moderately Played 38/102$1.99£1.50€1.75Pokemon TCG | Poliwhirl 38/102 | Base Set Unlimited Uncommon | Near Mint 38/102$3.17£2.39€2.79Poliwhirl 38/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon NM/M 609d-37 38/102$2.99£2.25€2.63POLIWHIRL 31/149 UNCOMMON SM BASE SET REVERSE HOLO NM/M POKEMON 31/149$1.89£1.42€1.66WOTC Poliwhirl 38/102 Base Set Uncommon Regular 1999 ENG Pokemon TCG 60 HP 38/102$3.07£2.31€2.70Poliwhirl 38/102 Uncommon Base Set Unlimited Pokemon Lightly Played 38/102$0.99£0.75€0.879.5Pokemon Card Graded Poliwhirl 38/102 Base Set Unlimited CGC 9.5 Non-Holo WOTC 38/102$30£22.58€26.429Poliwhirl 1999 Non-Holo WOTC Pokemon Card 38/102 Base Set PSA 9 Mint 038/102$59.99£45.15€52.8310Pokemon Poliwhirl Base Set Unlimited 38/102 PSA 10 Gem Mint 38/102$140.50£105.75€123.738Pokémon 1999 Base Set Poliwhirl 38/102 PSA 8 Uncommon Water Ken Sugimori 038/102$25£18.82€22.029.51999 Pokemon Poliwhirl 038/102 Base Set CGC 9.5 Trading Card Game 038/102$22.50£16.93€19.82More from Base Set
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PSA has graded 1,662 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 19.5% 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 $52.88£39.80€46.57 on average against $101.72£76.56€89.58 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $48.84£36.76€43.01, 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 | $22.50£16.93€19.82 | 11 |
| CGC 8.5 | $9£6.77€7.93 | 6 |
Card facts
- Card number
- 038/102
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Set released
- Jan 9, 1999
- PSA population, all printings
- 1,662
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
Skyridge088/144$179.99£135.47€158.51
Expedition089/165$76.66£57.70€67.51
EX Unseen Forces68/115$53.31£40.12€46.95
EX FireRed & LeafGreen46/112$51.12£38.48€45.02
Scarlet & Violet 151176/165$39.71£29.89€34.97
Base Set (Shadowless)038/102$35.99£27.09€31.70
Unleashed37/95$25.51£19.20€22.47
League & Championship Cards037/095$22.20£16.71€19.55What moves the price of this card
The Poliwhirl on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set, and it trades at $1.78£1.34€1.57 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 6 $19£14.30€16.73, PSA 7 $12.77£9.61€11.25, PSA 8 $17.25£12.98€15.19, PSA 9 $45£33.87€39.63, CGC/BGS 9.5 $50£37.63€44.03, PSA 10 $155.50£117.04€136.94. PSA has graded 1,662 copies of it. 1,027 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Poliwhirl worth?
A PSA 10 Poliwhirl from Base Set sells for $155.50. 34.5% 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 Poliwhirl from Base Set worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $75.88 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $1.73 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $25.84.
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 $155.50£117.04€136.94. 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 Poliwhirl does
Stage1, evolves from Poliwag · 60 HP · retreat 1
AmnesiaChoose 1 of defenders attacks. Defender cannot use that attack next turn.
Doubleslap30xFlip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times number of heads.
Weak to Grass ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.