# Poliwag #87/144 — Skyridge

## Summary

Poliwag is a bulk common, one of the plainer pulls from a set whose reputation rests on its holos, not its filler. Miki Tanaka is a long-serving Pokémon illustrator, and the tadpole's Kantō roots give completionists a small, steady reason to keep one around. At a $32 modelled guide, with 6 copies traded in 30 days, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.14 out of Twilight Masquerade; a CGC 10 brings $65, 2.0 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Skyridge |
| Number | 87/144 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Miki Tanaka |
| Release date | 2003-05-12 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 40 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Sleep Bubble | cost Water — damage 10 — The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. |
| Attack: Doubleslap | cost Colorless/Colorless — damage 20× — Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. |
| Weakness | Lightning x2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Poliwag #060](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/poliwag) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$31.76** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-31T13:55:11.281Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-10-31T13:55:11.281Z
- Floor delivered ask: $30.50 — as of 2026-10-31T13:55:11.281Z
- Quant score: 55/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-10-31T13:55:11.281Z — 2 of 11 inputs · 16% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2003-05-12T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-21T06:44:15.316Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-21T06:44:13.904Z, confidence 90%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-21T06:44:13.904Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-09T23:10:03.476Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/skyridge/poliwag-87)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aecard3-87%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)