Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Wailmer
Guardians Rising · #29 · Common · 2017
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Market reference
$0.20
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 29 / 180
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Wailord
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Miki Tanaka
- Pokédex #
- 320
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 70 damage
- 17.5 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Wailmer plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Surf) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥60 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Wailmer
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.7 copies on average · 74 decks
- Match win rate
- 39.9%
- -7.3 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Wailord ex
in 100% of decks · 75 seen
Misty's Vitality
in 100% of decks · 75 seen
Heavy Baton
in 83% of decks · 62 seen
Bubbly Water Energy
in 97% of decks · 73 seen
Cinderace
in 39% of decks · 29 seen
Surfing Beach
in 77% of decks · 58 seen
Jumbo Ice Cream
in 87% of decks · 65 seen
Great Haul Net
in 15% of decks · 11 seen
More by Miki Tanaka
This card was illustrated by Miki Tanaka.
Building around Wailmer?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It loves to startle people. It fills itself up with seawater and plays by bouncing around like a ball."
WCSplash — 20
WWWCSurf — 70
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Wailmer or Guardians Rising.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Wailmer was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Wailmer has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Wailmer — Pitch Black
Played in 72 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.02 | $0.20 | $19.98 | $0.20 | $0.10 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.20 | $0.50 | $19.98 | $0.38 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.04 |
| 7-day average | €0.06 |
| 30-day average | €0.07 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.07 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.28 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.27 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.07 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.27 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.30 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Wailmer is real?
Wailmer is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Wailmer worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Wailmer is $0.20; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Wailmer from?
Wailmer is from the Pokémon set "Guardians Rising" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Wailmer?
Wailmer is a Common card in the Guardians Rising set.
Other Wailmer printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
