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.

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Poliwrath LV.40 ニョロボン Nyorobon Team Plasma

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 Extended Sheet 1 Japanese rarity Japanese Deck Kit Quick Starter Gift Set Japanese Deck Red Deck 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 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. It was later reprinted in the Quick Starter Gift Set.

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 Blue.

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