Wailmer 48/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Wailmer is Pokédex #320, generation 3 (Hoenn). Wailmer is a Basic Water Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists Wailord, Wailord (#321) under evolves to.

Wailmer sits at 48/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 48 of 109. Before it is 47 Vigoroth, and after it is 49 Aron. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on July 1, 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Rest lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Remove all Special Conditions and 4 damage counters from Wailmer (all if there are less than 4). Wailmer is now Asleep. Water Gun is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. This attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Wailmer but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 3.

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 83/100 in Sandstorm (2003). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Wailmer list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Ruby & Sapphire set binder is where a full Ruby & Sapphire set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Wailmer can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.