Wailord ex 100/100 · Sandstorm

Wailord is Pokédex #321, generation 3 (Hoenn). Wailord ex is a Stage 1 ex Water Pokémon with 200 HP. The card says it evolves from Wailmer. In this catalog that name is Wailmer (#320).

Wailord ex sits at 100/100 in Sandstorm, position 100 of 100. The card before it is 99 Typhlosion ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on September 18, 2003. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Super Deep Dive lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. If you don't have any Benched Pokémon, this attack does nothing. Remove 3 damage counters from Wailord ex. Switch Wailord ex with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Dwindling Wave is another attack lists 100- damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water, Colorless. Does 100 damage minus 10 damage for each damage counter on Wailord ex. Weakness is Grass ×2 and Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 5. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Wailord (#321) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Wailord 14/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card is named Wailord, while this one is Wailord ex. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 200 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 4, and here it is 5. 17 other cards of Wailord list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Sandstorm set binder is where a full Sandstorm set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Wailord can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.