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Poliwag 59/102

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Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Poliwag Water Type Common Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate:1 in 5.3 packs (18.9%) Evolves To: Poliwhirl

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unlimited

Found in Booster Packs
1.32 $0.38 (40.43%)

unlimited Shadowless

Found in Booster Packs
5.89 $2.27 (62.71%)

first Edition Shadowless

Found in Booster Packs
30.75 $1.94 (6.73%)

unlimited Fourth Print

Other / Niche Variant
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Poliwag #59/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Poliwag #59/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Poliwag has moved up 40.4% to $1.32. PSA 10 copies are down 7.5% over the same period.

Poliwag #59/102 appears roughly 1 in 5.3 packs, which works out at 18.9% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set.

Poliwag #59/102 is a Common, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $1.32 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $105.11, giving a net return of +$62.13 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$18.39 and PSA 8 returns −$13.43, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 1,774 copies of Poliwag #59/102, of which 484 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 27.3%, or roughly 1 in 3.7 graded copies.

No. At a 27.3% gem rate, Poliwag grades better than the Base Set average by 9.6 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Poliwag #59/102 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Poliwag #59/102 was released on 9 January 1999 as part of Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.