Wailmer 39/168 · Celestial Storm

Celestial Storm is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 3, 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. Wailmer is 39/168, in position 40 of 187 on this checklist. Before it is 38 Ludicolo, and after it is 40 Wailord. The listed rarity is Common.

Wailmer is a Basic Water Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Wailmer (#320), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Wailord, Wailord (#321) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 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 120 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Wailmer list a different HP.

The attack Wave Swallower lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water. Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, heal 50 damage from this Pokémon. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It shows off by spraying jets of seawater from the nostrils above its eyes. It eats a solid ton of Wishiwashi every day."

I keep a set binder for Celestial Storm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Celestial Storm 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.