Great Encounters

Wailord

GE30· Rare
Wailord GE 30

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What the card itself says

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HP
200
Type
Water
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
4
Weakness
×2
Number
30/106
Set
Great EncountersGE
Illustrated by
Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Sleeping Pulse

As long as Wailord remains Asleep between turns, remove 1 damage counter from Wailord.

Its attacks

Sink Deep

60

If Wailord has any damage counters on it, Wailord is now Asleep.

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.

  1. A strength

    200 HP, and nothing in Great Encounters goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Sleeping Pulse. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 336 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Great Encounters landed here on 1 February 2008.

Every set, with both of its dates

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.

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