Wailmer 58/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on February 1, 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Wailmer is 58/106, in position 58 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 57 Unown [G], and after it is 59 Zangoose. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Wailmer is a Basic Water Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 14. In the Pokédex this is Wailmer (#320), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Wailord, Wailord (#321) under evolves to.

Satoshi Ohta illustrated this card. The same name is on 6 other cards in the catalog.

Wailmer (#320) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Wailmer 48/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Satoshi Ohta illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Wailmer list a different HP.

The attack Tsunami lists 10 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Ram is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning +20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "On sunny days, it lands on beaches to bounce like a ball and play. It spouts water from its nose."

I keep a set binder for Great Encounters, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Great Encounters set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Wailmer can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.