Pokémon · EX
Wailmer
Sandstorm · #83 · Common · 2003
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.33
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 83 / 100
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Wailord
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 320
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
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.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Super Hypno Wave) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Wailmer
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.71 copies on average · 78 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
in 13% of decks · 10 seen
Wailord ex
in 100% of decks · 78 seen
Misty's Vitality
in 100% of decks · 78 seen
Heavy Baton
in 82% of decks · 64 seen
Bubbly Water Energy
in 99% of decks · 77 seen
Cinderace
in 37% of decks · 29 seen
Surfing Beach
in 73% of decks · 57 seen
Jumbo Ice Cream
in 87% of decks · 68 seen
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Wailmer?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CCRollout — 20
WCCSuper Hypno Wave — 30
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.68 | $1.38 | $22.15 | $1.33 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $21.79 | $49.99 | $350.00 | $29.15 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.13 |
| 7-day average | €0.39 |
| 30-day average | €0.40 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.32 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.60 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.97 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.26 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.97 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.53 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.84 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.18 |
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 $1.33; 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 "Sandstorm" in the EX series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Wailmer?
Wailmer is a Common card in the Sandstorm set.
Other Wailmer printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
