Qwilfish 49/64 Neo Revelation Pokémon Raw

Pokémon: Qwilfish

Series: Neo

Set: Revelation

Card Number: 49/64

Rarity: R

Condition: N/A

Grade: Raw

Year: 2001

Illustrator:   Sumiyoshi Kizuki

The Qwilfish 49/64 is a Common Water-type Basic Pokémon card from the Neo Revelation expansion, released on September 21, 2001 by The Pokémon Company and illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki, a Japanese artist whose clean, playful linework and aquatic color palettes brought a distinctive sense of movement and tension to the original Pokémon TCG era. As a 60 HP Pokémon with a Weakness to Lightning-type attacks (×2), no Resistance, and a Retreat Cost of one Colorless Energy, it occupies a deceptively simple but strategically valuable position within the 64-card master set. The Neo Revelation set was the tenth English expansion of the Pokémon TCG and the first to introduce the legendary trio Entei, Ho-Oh, and Raikou, marking a significant evolution in the game's design philosophy during its second year of release.

In terms of decks and strategy, Qwilfish's two attacks make it one of the most tactically efficient Common Water Pokémon in the Neo era. Poison Sting costs a single Water Energy, deals 10 damage, and requires a coin flip: if heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned—a low-cost status condition that chips away at high-HP attackers over multiple turns and pairs excellently with the Neo era's evolving Poison-based strategies. Needle Storm costs two Colorless Energy and involves flipping a coin until tails appears, dealing 20 damage times the number of heads—a variable-damage attack with a theoretical maximum of 120 damage that rewarded lucky coin flips while maintaining a reliable 20-damage floor. In 2001-era competitive formats, Qwilfish found utility in Water-type and Poison-hybrid decks as a cheap, fast attacker that could apply persistent pressure through Poison while threatening burst damage on favorable coin rolls. In modern Unlimited and Expanded formats, it remains a functional tech card in Water-focused strategies, and its single Colorless Retreat Cost makes it a highly mobile bench presence that can rotate in and out freely without energy investment.

Collectors love the Neo Revelation Qwilfish for its unique position as one of the most charming and mechanically complete Common Water Pokémon in the entire Neo era, a card whose dual-attack design of status condition plus variable damage created a fascinating internal tension that was remarkably creative for a 60 HP Basic. Sumiyoshi Kizuki's illustration—depicting Qwilfish in a dynamic, mid-swim pose with its poison spikes fully extended and its balloon-like body inflated to maximum threat—captures the raw, aquatic aggression of the species in a style that stands out among the more conventional artwork of the set's Common and Uncommon Pokémon. As a Basic Pokémon that can be played directly from the hand on turn one, Qwilfish occupies a structurally important position within the set's early-game options, and its permanently fixed supply—combined with over 25 years of natural wear from the massive population of Neo Revelation cards that were opened, played, and traded in the early 2000s—ensures that quality raw copies remain a steady target for both set completionists and players of Unlimited format tournaments who still appreciate the creative status-condition mechanics of the Neo era's most inventive Water-type Pokémon.

Product Details

Card Number / Rarity:49/64 / Common

Card Type / HP / Stage:Water / 60 / Basic

Attack 1:[W] Poison Sting (10)
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Attack 2:[2] Needle Storm (20x)
Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads you get.

Weakness / Resistance / Retreat Cost:L / / 1