Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Wailmer
Cosmic Eclipse · #45 · Common · 2019
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.54
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 45 / 272
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Wailord
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Tomokazu Komiya
- Pokédex #
- 320
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Wailmer plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Wave Splash) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥60 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Wailmer
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.7 copies on average · 76 decks
- Match win rate
- 40.8%
- -6.5 pts vs the 47.3% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Wailord ex
in 100% of decks · 76 seen
Misty's Vitality
in 100% of decks · 76 seen
Heavy Baton
in 83% of decks · 63 seen
Bubbly Water Energy
in 99% of decks · 75 seen
Cinderace
in 38% of decks · 29 seen
Surfing Beach
in 74% of decks · 56 seen
Jumbo Ice Cream
in 87% of decks · 66 seen
Great Haul Net
in 14% of decks · 11 seen
More by Tomokazu Komiya
This card was illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya.
Building around Wailmer?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It swims along with its mouth open and swallows down seawater along with its food. It sprays excess water out of its nostrils."
CCWave Splash — 30
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Wailmer was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Wailmer has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Wailmer — Pitch Black
Played in 77 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.53 | $19.98 | $0.54 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $5.00 | $7.75 | $59.70 | $6.32 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.05 |
| 7-day average | €0.13 |
| 30-day average | €0.10 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.13 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.42 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.63 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.11 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.45 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Wailmer is real?
Wailmer is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Wailmer worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Wailmer is $0.54; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Wailmer from?
Wailmer is from the Pokémon set "Cosmic Eclipse" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Wailmer?
Wailmer is a Common card in the Cosmic Eclipse set.
Other Wailmer printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
