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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
Raw market price 0.93 $0.16 (14.68%)
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Raw market price 6.30 $2.53 (67.11%)
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Raw market price 29.91 $0.84 (2.73%)
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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 down 14.7% to $0.93. PSA 10 copies are up 27.8% 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 $0.93 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $131.66, giving a net return of +$85.61 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$20.49 and PSA 8 returns −$12.79, so a PSA 9 or 10 can profit, while anything below that loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 1,780 copies of Poliwag #59/102, of which 484 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 27.2%, or roughly 1 in 3.7 graded copies.

No. At a 27.2% 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.