Wailord 46/236 · Cosmic Eclipse

Cosmic Eclipse is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 1, 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 272 cards. Wailord is 46/236, in position 46 of 272 on this checklist. Before it is 45 Wailmer, and after it is 47 Snorunt. The listed rarity is Rare.

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

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 other cards in the catalog.

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 lists 120 HP, and this one lists 200 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Wailord list a different HP.

The attack Heavy Impact lists 90 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Hydro Splash is another attack lists 140 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "They eat so many fish Pokémon that when Wailord become too numerous, fishermen have to chase them off."

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