No. 60 · Kanto · Water
Poliwag cards
Poliwag is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 60 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2024. These are its cards ranked by the artwork itself rather than by set order, so the illustrations worth looking at come first instead of whichever set happened to print last.
They span 18 sets, from Base Set to Twilight Masquerade. 13 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Miki Tanaka and Asako Ito.
- Cards
- 19
- Sets
- 18since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 13most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2024
- Printed as
- Basic
- HP on card
- 40–60
Evolves into
Who draws Poliwag
13 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
18 sets, by how many Poliwag cards each holds.
- Unbroken Bonds2
- 1511
- Base Set1
- Base Set 21
- Evolutions1
- Expedition Base Set1
- FireRed & LeafGreen1
- Furious Fists1
- Gym Challenge1
- Gym Heroes1
Rarity
Common19
Questions
- How many Poliwag cards are there?
- Illudex indexes 19 Poliwag cards, printed between 1999 and 2024 across 18 sets. That covers every printing in the catalogue, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Poliwag card has the best artwork?
- That is what this page is ordered by. Rather than sorting by set or rarity, Illudex reads each illustration with a vision model and ranks them, so the most striking Poliwag artwork appears first regardless of how common the card is.
- Who illustrates Poliwag cards?
- 13 illustrators have drawn Poliwag. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 6, followed by Miki Tanaka and Asako Ito. Each name links to their complete body of work.
- What was the first Poliwag card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalogue comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 19 of its 19 cards are Common.