Poliwhirl
- Number
- 038/102
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Artist
- Ken Sugimori
- Released
- Jan 9, 1999
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $20.28£15.26€17.86
- Today
- $29.76£22.40€26.21
- Change
- +$9.48+£7.14+€8.35 (+46.7%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 50 | $28.50£21.45€25.10 | $29.76£22.40€26.21 | |
| PSA 1 | 9 | 1 | – | – | |
| PSA 3 | 15 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 29 | 2 | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 77 | 1 | – | $40£30.11€35.23 | |
| PSA 6 | 143 | 6 | $46£34.62€40.51 | $46£34.62€40.51 | |
| PSA 7 | 248 | 4 | – | $38.98£29.34€34.33 | |
| PSA 8 | 573 | 14 | $84.40£63.52€74.33 | $70£52.69€61.65 | |
| PSA 9 | 1,140 | 16 | $144£108.38€126.82 | $121.29£91.29€106.82 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $139.81£105.23€123.13 | |
| PSA 10 | 427 | 6 | $1,364£1,026€1,201 | $1,190£895.51€1,048 | |
About these prices
16.0% 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 1,673 completed sales, updated Sep 22, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
1,673 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics Collect, Goldin AuctionsShow 288 more, the newest 300 of 1,673
1999 Poliwhirl ⭐️ 38/102 Shadowless Vintage WOTC Base Set Pokemon NM 38/102$9.75£7.34€8.59Pokémon Poliwhirl Base Set Shadowless Uncommon 38/102 60 HP ENG 1999 038/102$12£9.03€10.578PSA 8 POLIWHIRL 38/102 Shadowless Base Set WOTC Original 1999 - Pokemon Card 38/102$53£39.89€46.68Poliwhirl 38/102 Uncommon Base Set Shadowless Pokemon Unlimited Damaged 38/102$2.19£1.65€1.93Poliwhirl Shadowless Base Set Pokémon TCG Card 38/102 Unlimited Uncommon 038/102$5£3.76€4.401999 Pokemon Base Set SHADOWLESS Poliwhirl 38/102 WOTC Vintage NM 38/102$4.99£3.76€4.39Poliwhirl 038/102 Base Set Shadowless Uncommon 60 HP Regular Pokémon TCG 038/102$5.50£4.14€4.84Poliwhirl 38/102 Uncommon Base Set Shadowless Pokemon Unlimited Damaged 38/102$2.83£2.13€2.49Shadowless Poliwhirl - Base Set - #38/102 - Vintage Pokemon Card 1999 WOTC 38/102$2.30£1.73€2.03Poliwhirl 38/102 Uncommon Base Set Shadowless Pokemon Unlimited Damaged 38/102$2£1.51€1.76Poliwhirl 38/102 Uncommon Base Set Shadowless Pokemon Unlimited Heavily Played 38/102$4£3.01€3.52Poliwhirl 38/102 Uncommon Base Set Shadowless Pokemon Unlimited Damaged 38/102$0.99£0.75€0.87Shadowless Poliwhirl - Base Set - #38/102 - Vintage Pokemon Card 1999 WOTC 38/102$10.20£7.68€8.98Poliwhirl 38/102 Unlimited Base Set Shadowless WOTC Vintage Pokemon TCG Card LP 38/102$5£3.76€4.4010Pokémon Poliwhirl Base Set Shadowless PSA 10 038/102 Uncommon HP 60 038/102$285£214.50€250.99Pokémon TCG Poliwhirl Base Set 38/102 Regular Shadowless Uncommon LP 038/102$4.48£3.37€3.95Pokémon TCG Poliwhirl Base Set (Shadowless) 38/102 Uncommon 60 HP Regular EN 038/102$1.25£0.94€1.10Poliwhirl Unlimited Base Set (Shadowless) 038/102 LP Pokémon TCG 038/102$4.19£3.15€3.69Poliwhirl Unlimited Base Set (Shadowless) 038/102 MP Pokémon TCG 038/102$3.19£2.40€2.811999 POKEMON GAME 38/102 POLIWHIRL Base Set (Shadowless) Regular 038/102$0.50£0.38€0.447PSA 7 NM Shadowless Base Set Poliwhirl 38/102 Pokemon Card. Fresh Cert 038/102$39.36£29.62€34.66More from Base Set (Shadowless)
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PSA has graded 3,594 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 16.2% 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 $263.87£198.60€232.38 on average against $129.75£97.66€114.27 for the card plus $79.99£60.20€70.44 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That clears $134.12£100.95€118.12, so grading a clean copy is worth the wait.
Card facts
- Card number
- 038/102
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Set released
- Jan 9, 1999
- PSA population, all printings
- 3,594
- Printings priced
- 2
Base Set (Shadowless)102 cards- Set value
- $15k£11k€13k
- 7 day move
- +0.5%
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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
Unleashed37/95$25.51£19.20€22.47
League & Championship Cards037/095$22.20£16.71€19.55
Legends Awakened115/146$21.36£16.08€18.81What moves the price of this card
The Poliwhirl on this page is the 1st Edition printing from Base Set (Shadowless), and it trades at $35.99£27.09€31.70 in near mint condition. The other 1 printing of the same card sits lower, which is normal: the scarcer print run always carries the premium.
Graded, it runs PSA 4 $33.70£25.36€29.68, PSA 5 $39£29.35€34.35, PSA 6 $34.40£25.89€30.30, PSA 7 $38.98£29.34€34.33, PSA 8 $70£52.69€61.65, PSA 9 $121.29£91.29€106.82, CGC/BGS 9.5 $139.81£105.23€123.13, PSA 10 $1,190£895.51€1,048. PSA has graded 3,594 copies of it. 1,673 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Poliwhirl worth?
A PSA 10 Poliwhirl from Base Set (Shadowless) sells for $1,190. 16.0% 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 (Shadowless) worth grading?
On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $264.65 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $29.76 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it clears $134.90.
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 $1,190£895.51€1,048. 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.