How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PBL 97/84 there. Its illustration is signed 5ban Graphics.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Pitch Black set, released here on 17 July 2026.

Pitch Black

Wailord ex PBL 97/84

Name: Wailord ex PBL 97
Brand: Pokémon

PBLJPUltra Rare

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€0.80

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Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PBL 97/84 there. Its illustration is signed 5ban Graphics.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Pitch Black set, released here on 17 July 2026.

When it came out

Pitch Black landed here on 17 July 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 22 May 2026, under the code M5. That is 56 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 380
Type: Water
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 4
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: J
Number: 97/84
Set: Pitch BlackPBLSet guide
Illustrated by: 5ban Graphics

Its attacks

Surfなみのり

120

Falling Downフォーリングダウン

270

This Pokémon is now Asleep.このポケモンをねむりにする。

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
380 HP, and nothing in Pitch Black goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.
A strength
Falling Down hits for 270 on 5 Energy. Nothing in Pitch Black hits harder for that price.
A strength
Wailord ex runs it in 33 of the 33 lists we have read, seen across 29 different tournaments.
A strength
Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
Keep in mind
Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 439 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Wailord ex plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Wailord ex	33 of 33	29	PBL 16
Wailord ex (Pitch Black)	20 of 20	18	PBL 16

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 20 Wailord cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Wailord card and its price