Poliwrath (Vending S1)

This article is about a Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English. As such, this article may contain translated Japanese terms instead of English terms.

Poliwrath LV.40
ニョロボン Nyorobon

Illus. Yuuki Kawamura

Evolution stage

Stage 2 Pokémon
Evolves from Poliwhirl

Card name

Poliwrath

Type

Water

HP

80

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

Japanese expansion	Extended Sheet 1
Japanese rarity

Japanese Deck Kit	Quick Starter Gift Set
Japanese Deck	Red Deck

TCG GB2 set	Island of Fossil
TCG GB2 rarity
TCG GB2 ID	C24

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Poliwrath.

Poliwrath (Japanese: ニョロボン Nyorobon) is a Water-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Extended Sheet 1.

Card text

	Mega Punch メガトンパンチ	30

	Hydro Pump ハイドロポンプ	40+

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

Pokédex data

Poliwrath - Tadpole Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
062	4'03" (1.3 m)	119.0 lbs. (54 kg)
Pokédex entry
クロールやバタフライが得意で、オリンピックの選手でもぐんぐん追い抜いてゆく。

Release information

This card was first released as part of the Extended Sheet 1 of the Vending Machine cards with artwork by Yuuki Kawamura, one of the winners of the Pokémon Card Game Illust Artist Contest. This was the first CoroCoro illustration contest, announced October 15, 1997 in the November 1997 issue of CoroCoro Comic. Winners were announced in the January 1998 issue and three top winners received 20 copies of the card featuring their illustration as well as a copy of Pokémon Illustrator. This card was later reprinted in the Red Deck of the Quick Starter Gift Set.

Trivia

Origin

Mega Punch and Hydro Pump are both moves in the Pokémon games that Poliwrath can learn, the former only via TM01 (Generation I) or Move Tutor (Generation III), and the latter only as a Poliwhirl. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Blue.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.