Poliwhirl 44 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Poliwhirl 44
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Kagemaru Himeno

This card has 70 HP, a top attack printed at 30 damage and a Grass weakness.

Water · Stage 1 · Neo Discovery · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Poliwhirl 44 do in a game?

Poliwhirl 44 is a Water Pokémon card with 70 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Water Gun, is printed at 30 damage for 3 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Grass weakness, any Grass attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Water Stage 1 Uncommon Unlimited #061 Poliwhirl

Poliwhirl 44Neo Discovery

70 HP · Water · Stage 1 · retreat 1 · Grass weakness ×2

Top printed damage3010 per Energy Water Gun30 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points70 HP38.6% of 17,290 in the ~70 band

Printed damage3042.7% of 16,246 in the ~30 band

Retreat cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 10 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackUncommonNeo Discovery19 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityUncommon

SetNeo Discovery

Card number44

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$12.15Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by35 damage70 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it1,052 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name19 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line16 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #061 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Poliwhirl 44 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 3.1%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Poliwhirl 44 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	25.7%	70 HP
Top printed damage	28.9%	30 damage
Energy efficiency	3.1%	10 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EBelly Drumhas printed text—
3EWater Gun10 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 10,622of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 10,622 at 70 HP.

Water cardsNo. 1,490of 2,435 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 4,325of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardPoliwhirl 44Neo Discovery70 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 310 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Poliwhirl 44

Hit points 70 HP puts it in the ~70 band, where 38.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 10 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Grass attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 4 of the 17 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Poliwhirl 44 at a glance

What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 70 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Neo Discovery.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 30 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Grass weakness at ×2, which means 35 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Poliwhirl 44 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 30 damage, which is 10 damage for every Energy card attached.

Poliwhirl 44 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Belly Drum	1 Colorless	1	—	—	Put 3 damage counters on Poliwhirl. If this doesn't Knock Out Poliwhirl, search your deck for 2 Basic Energy cards and attach them to Poliwhirl. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Water Gun	2 Water + 1 Colorless	3	30+	10	Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Poliwhirl but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.

Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Belly Drum1 Energy card

Water Gun3 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Water Gun 3 Energy30 damage for 3 Energy — 10 per Energy card30

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (30).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.

Water Gun is printed as 30+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

This card places damage counters, which is not the same as dealing damage

Belly Drum puts damage counters on a Pokémon instead of dealing damage to it. The two look alike on the board — one counter is ten damage — but the rules treat them apart: anything that reduces or prevents damage does not stop counters from being placed, and weakness and resistance are not applied to them either.

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How does Poliwhirl 44 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Poliwhirl 44 — Neo Discovery — PoliwhirlNeo Discovery 44

No.10,622by HP in the archive

Poliwhirl 44 prints 70 HP, which puts it at number 10,622 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

29% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Bottom 39%Where it sits on printed HP

This card70 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Poliwhirl printed100 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 70 HP, which is 18% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~70 — this card38.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 70 HP.

Cards in the ~70 band typically print 23 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70 — this card	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~30 — this card42.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 30.

Cards in the ~30 band typically have 70 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30 — this card	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

1 — this card49.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1 — this card	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 22of 71

That is where Poliwhirl 44 stands highest on HP — number 22 of 71 cards in Neo Discovery. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 10,622 of 17,290 by HP · No. 9,309 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 57% on damage
Water cards — 2,435 cards No. 1,490 of 2,435 by HP · No. 1,271 of 2,316 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 55% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 4,325 of 5,102 by HP · No. 3,719 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 75% on damage
Neo Discovery — 75 cards No. 22 of 71 by HP · No. 17 of 64 by damage · top by HP: Tyranitar, 100

top 25% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 70 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 70
Top printed damage 30 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 30

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

6,669 of 17,290 (38.6%)

Cards with this much printed damage

6,938 of 16,246 (42.7%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Poliwhirl 44 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 30 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Poliwhirl 44 — this card10.030 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 10.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Poliwhirl 44 — this card	10.0	30 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsWater Gun 30 / 3

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Poliwhirl 44.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Water Gun	—	10	—

This card, per Energy card

10 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-39.0 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 30 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Water card do for Poliwhirl 44?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 2,387 Grass cards carry that type A Grass attack printed at 35 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Poliwhirl 44 · Stage 1 70 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 30 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,574 cards in groups that print a Water weakness Against Fire, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Water — this cardmost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water — this card	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Waterweak to Grass

Fireweak to Water

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Water weakness.

What being a Water card is worth

Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Water cards are themselves most exposed to Grass.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Poliwhirl 44 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Grass attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 35 printed damage rather than 70.

Cards that remove it in one attack

1,052

Cards it removes in one attack

288

Grass damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 70 HP against a Grass weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackSwadloonWhite Flare 240 damage

×2Grass weakness · 35 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardPoliwhirl 44Neo Discovery 4470 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 1,044 cards in the archive that can remove Poliwhirl 44 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 35. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Poliwhirlweak to Grass ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Grass cards that remove Poliwhirl in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Flapple VMAX (19)	Battle Styles	320	250	500
Flapple VMAX (164)	Battle Styles	320	250	500
Mega Venusaur ex (3)	Mega Evolution	380	240	480
Mega Venusaur ex (155)	Mega Evolution	380	240	480
Mega Venusaur ex (177)	Mega Evolution	380	240	480
Decidueye ex (12)	Perfect Order	320	240	480

70 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness means any Grass attack printed at 35 damage or more is enough. 1,052 cards in the archive clear that bar.

60 HP Growlithe [28]

60 HP Growlithe [42]

60 HP Dark Rapidash [44]

60 HP Growlithe [45]

60 HP Magmar [44]

60 HP Rapidash [51]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

288 cards in the archive are weak to Water and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Poliwhirl as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Poliwhirl 44 is one print of Poliwhirl. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Poliwhirl has been printed 19 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Poliwhirl cards ever printedPokédex #061Prints on record 19Toughest print 100 HPThis card 70 HP

19prints

Legal in Standard4Older prints, not in Standard15

Every Poliwhirl print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Poliwhirl printed is 100 HP, and this card is 70% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Poliwhirl 042/167the toughest Poliwhirl ever printedSV06: Twilight Masquerade100 HP
Poliwhirl 44against that record70% of the record70 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Poliwhirl print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Poliwhirl 44 can be?

Poliwhirl evolves from Poliwag, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Poliwhirl line, oldest stage first

Poliwag16 prints on record · EX Unseen Forces

+40 HP · +30 damage

Poliwhirl16 prints on record · EX Unseen Forces

Poliwag → Poliwhirl

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Poliwag.
It is not the end of the line either — Poliwrath and Politoed evolve from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.

1PoliwagHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage60 HP
2PoliwhirlHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage. Evolving here adds 40 HP over the stage before it100 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (100 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Poliwhirl print, and can the older ones still be played?

19 prints carry this name in the archive, and 17 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (100 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

17 rows are shown of the 19 prints counted under this name.

Poliwhirl prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Poliwhirl 042/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 176/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 061/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 38/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 31/149	SM Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 031/196	SWSH11: Lost Origin	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 46/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 115/146	Legends Awakened	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 16/111	XY - Furious Fists	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 24/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 68/115	EX Unseen Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 088/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 089/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 44/75	Neo Discovery	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Misty's Poliwhirl 053/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 038/102	Base Set (Shadowless)	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Poliwhirl 057/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

4 of the 17 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Poliwhirl 44?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Poliwhirl 44
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Gyarados	Base	100	50	3
Vaporeon	Skyridge	70	40	1
Piloswine	Skyridge	90	40	3
Misty's Gyarados	Gym Challenge	100	70	3
Dark Vaporeon	Legendary Collection	60	30	1
Dark Wartortle	Legendary Collection	60	10	1

This card itself is 70 HP, 30 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Water like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Poliwhirl 44 in Neo Discovery?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #44 in Neo Discovery. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Poliwhirl 44, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Poliwhirl 44
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Poliwhirl 44 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on June 1, 2001.

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Poliwhirl 44 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Water Gun, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 10 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Poliwag has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 10,622 of 17,290

Water cardsNo. 1,490 of 2,435

Stage 1 cardsNo. 4,325 of 5,102

Neo DiscoveryNo. 22 of 71

What actually removes it

A Grass attack printed at 35 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 70 HP.
1,052 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 288 cards in one attack.

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Poliwhirl 44 card record

Poliwhirl 44 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	70 HP	Type	Water
Weakness	Grass ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Poliwag	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#061	Set	Neo Discovery
Card number	44 of 75	Series	Neo
Released	June 1, 2001	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	Kagemaru Himeno
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Poliwhirl 44 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$12.15

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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

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Poliwhirl 44 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Poliwhirl 44?

Poliwhirl 44 has 70 HP and a Grass weakness at ×2, so a Grass attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 70.

What is the strongest attack on Poliwhirl 44?

Water Gun, printed at 30 damage for 3 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card. Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Poliwhirl but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.

What is the retreat cost of Poliwhirl 44?

1 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

What does the + after the damage on Water Gun mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Poliwhirl but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way."

Does Poliwhirl 44 deal damage or place damage counters?

It places damage counters. One counter is ten damage on the board, but the two are different things in the rules: weakness and resistance are not applied to counters, and effects that reduce or prevent damage do not stop counters from being placed.

Can an older Poliwhirl print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 17 prints listed on this page, 4 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Poliwhirl evolve from?

Poliwag. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Poliwhirl 44 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Poliwhirl 44 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Poliwhirl 44 — what does this card actually do?

What does Poliwhirl 44 do in a game?

Poliwhirl 44 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Poliwhirl 44 at a glance

What do the attacks on Poliwhirl 44 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Poliwhirl 44 compare with every other card?

Is Poliwhirl 44 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Water card do for Poliwhirl 44?

What knocks out Poliwhirl 44 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Poliwhirl as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Poliwhirl 44 can be?

Is this the strongest Poliwhirl print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Poliwhirl 44?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Poliwhirl 44?

What was printed next to Poliwhirl 44 in Neo Discovery?

Which rules apply to Poliwhirl 44, and where can it be played?

Poliwhirl 44 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Poliwhirl 44 card record

What does Poliwhirl 44 cost?

Poliwhirl 44 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Poliwhirl 44?

What is the strongest attack on Poliwhirl 44?

What is the retreat cost of Poliwhirl 44?

What does the + after the damage on Water Gun mean?

Does Poliwhirl 44 deal damage or place damage counters?

Can an older Poliwhirl print be played in a tournament?

What does Poliwhirl evolve from?

Can Poliwhirl 44 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Poliwhirl 44 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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