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Poliwhirl.

Base Set · 038/102 · Uncommon
updated Aug 14, 2026
Poliwhirl 038/102 from Base Set
Raw market value · Normal
$1.52.
near mint, ungraded7 day -6.2% · 30 day -10.1%worth grading · clears $49.48
Price by printing
Normalthis page$1.52
Check live eBay pricesPrices above are what copies actually sold for, not what sellers are asking.

Price history and graded value

monthly median sold price
$1$3.2$10$32$100SEP '21MAY '23DEC '24AUG '26

Grading odds

PSA has graded 116 copies. Where they landed:

PSA 1034.5%
PSA 942.2%
PSA 814.7%
PSA 75.2%
6 or lower3.4%
✓ Worth grading
$76.40
average submission value

Weighting every grade by how often this card actually comes back at it, a submission is worth $76.40 on average. The card plus the $25 fee costs $26.92, so grading clears its cost by $49.48. Only 34.5% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around.

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The same card in other sets

Skyridge088/144$164.99Expedition089/165$59.94EX Unseen Forces68/115$53.87EX FireRed & LeafGreen46/112$41.55Scarlet & Violet 151176/165$40.41Base Set (Shadowless)038/102$35.96Unleashed37/95$24.11League & Championship Cards037/095$18.39

What moves the price of this card

The Poliwhirl on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set, and it trades at $1.52 in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.

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 $156.00. 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.