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Poliwhirl 38/102

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Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Poliwhirl Water Type Uncommon Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate:1 in 10.7 packs (9.3%) Evolves From: Poliwag Evolves To: Poliwrath, Politoed
Raw market price 2.12 $0.26 (13.98%)
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Raw market price 8.34 $0.57 (6.40%)
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Raw market price 36.22 $0.23 (0.64%)
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Poliwhirl #38/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Poliwhirl #38/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Poliwhirl has moved up 14% to $2.12. PSA 10 copies are up 5.1% over the same period.

Poliwhirl #38/102 appears roughly 1 in 10.7 packs, which works out at 9.3% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set.

Poliwhirl #38/102 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $2.12 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $191.72, giving a net return of +$136.68 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$38.42 and PSA 8 returns +$7.72, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 1,572 copies of Poliwhirl #38/102, of which 284 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 18.1%, or roughly 1 in 5.5 graded copies.

No. At a 18.1% gem rate, Poliwhirl grades better than the Base Set average by 0.4 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Poliwhirl #38/102 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Poliwhirl #38/102 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.