Poliwag

Base Set 2 · #88/130 · Common

Type

Water

Supertype

Pokémon

Artist

Ken Sugimori

Basic

Market Prices

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Updated: 9/5/2026

normal

Low

$0.20

Mid

$0.50

High

$18.22

Market

$0.57

Live listings

Sample data

Low ask: $163.28 · 8 active · refreshed just now

Market Signals

Updated 97 days ago

Raw NM

$0.57

TCGPlayer market

PSA 10

$32.57

57.1× raw

CGC 10

$29.00

TAG 10

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PSA Population

226 total

53 at 10

Gem rate 23.4%

CGC Population

402 total

87 at 10

Gem rate 21.6%

TAG Population

22 total

2 at 10

Gem rate 9.1%

BGS Population

3 total

0 at 10

Gem rate 0.0% low sample (n=3)

TAG full grade distribution

TAG · 0d

TAG 5.5

TAG 6

TAG 7

TAG 8

TAG 8.5

TAG 9

TAG 10

VA = Verified Authentic (ungraded). Real counts from TAG; grades with no copies are omitted.

CGC full grade distribution

CGC · 0d

CGC 2

CGC 3

CGC 3.5

CGC 4

CGC 4.5

CGC 5

CGC 5.5

CGC 6

CGC 6.5

CGC 7

CGC 7.5

CGC 8

CGC 8.5

CGC 9

CGC 9.5

CGC 10

CGC 10 Pristine

CGC Auth

CGC Auth Alt

10 = Gem Mint 10. Real counts from CGC; grades with no copies are omitted.

Beckett (BGS) full grade distribution

BGS · 0d

BGS 9

BGS 9.5

10 = BGS 10, 10 Black = Black Label. Real counts from Beckett; grades with no copies are omitted.

Per-grade ladder

real prices · 97 days ago

White = real market price. Blue = estimate (no real sale for that grade) — hover for how it was derived.

PSA

PSA 2

$3.00

PSA 3

$3.00

PSA 4

$3.00

PSA 5

$4.00

PSA 6

$5.00

PSA 7

$5.90

PSA 8

$10.00

PSA 9

$10.99

PSA 9.5

$12.00

PSA 10

$32.57

CGC

CGC 2

$2.67

est.

CGC 3

$2.67

est.

CGC 4

$2.67

est.

CGC 5

$3.56

est.

CGC 6

$4.45

est.

CGC 7

$5.25

est.

CGC 8

$8.90

est.

CGC 9

$9.79

est.

CGC 9.5

$10.68

est.

CGC 10

$29.00

CGC 10 Pristine

$70.00

BGS

BGS 2

$3.87

est.

BGS 3

$3.87

est.

BGS 4

$3.87

est.

BGS 5

$5.16

est.

BGS 6

$6.45

est.

BGS 7

$7.61

est.

BGS 8

$12.90

est.

BGS 9

$14.17

est.

BGS 9.5

$15.47

est.

BGS 10

$42.00

BGS 10 Black

$210.00

Real prices from PriceCharting's per-grade table — its generic “Grade N” reflects PSA-graded sales. CGC / BGS / TAG sub-10 grades are estimated from this card's real PSA price at that grade × that grader's 10-to-PSA-10 ratio (this card's own real pair when available, else a ratio calibrated from real catalog cards in the same era and rarity). Grades with no real anchor and low-confidence estimates are omitted — a blank beats a bad number.

Grading ROI (PSA)

Value · $25.99

Realistic

$-18.49

using gem rate

If it 10s

$6.01

upside cap

Break-even

81%

gem rate needed

Grading ROI (CGC)

Economy · $18

Realistic

$-11.85

using gem rate

If it 10s

$10.43

upside cap

Break-even

63%

gem rate needed

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Discovery Scores

Percentile-ranked 0–100 across the whole catalog. See this card in Rankings →

medium confidence

Value

Scarcity

Gem difficulty

Momentum

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Grade ROI

Liquidity

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Scored 13 hours ago

Price by Condition

as of 2026-05-16

Median active-listing price on TCGPlayer by condition. low sample when n < 10.

Near Mint

$0.51

n=27

Lightly Played

$0.51

n=42

Moderately Played

$0.32

n=46

Heavily Played

$0.25

n=37

DMG

Damaged

$0.20

n=45

Price History

No price history available

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Card details — attacks, stats, Pokédex, evolution

Attacks

Water Gun

10+

Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Poliwag but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.