Poliwrath (Vending S1)

This article is about a Japanese Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English and, hence, may not be released outside of Japan. 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 Hit Points 80 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Japanese expansion Vending Machine cards Series 1 Japanese rarity Card GB 2 set Island of Fossil Card GB 2 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 is part of the Vending Machine cards collection.

Card text

Mega Punch メガトンパンチ 30

Hydro Pump ハイドロポンプ 40+

Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Poliwrath 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	4'3" (1.3 m)	119 lbs. (54.0 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

In Japan, this card is part of Series 1 from the Vending Machine card collection. The card was never released in English.

Trivia

This card features the illustration of Yuuki Kawamura, a chosen entry in the CoroCoro Pokémon Illustration Contest.

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 Red and Blue.

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