Character info
The character
Wailmer, the Ball Whale Pokémon, is a round, buoyant sea creature known for bouncing along the ocean surface and spraying water from the nostrils above its eyes. It is recognized in the Pokémon series as a Water-type found in coastal and oceanic regions, notable for its enormous appetite, consuming vast amounts of small fish such as Wishiwashi daily. It later evolves into Wailord, one of the largest Pokémon known.
This card
This is card 015/084 from the Pitch Black set, printed in the Knit variant treatment with common rarity. The artwork by Asako Ito depicts Wailmer rendered as a crocheted plush figure resting on a sandy seabed with seaweed in the background. The card is a Basic Pokémon printing with standard set numbering and copyright date of 2026.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon card has 130 HP and a Water energy type. It knows Water Gun, costing two Water energy, which deals 40 damage, and Wave Splash, costing three Water energy, which deals 80 damage. It has a weakness to Lightning-type attacks at double damage, no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of four energy.
Written with AI from the card and its catalogue entry, and checked by WinnTCG.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Pitch Black, a set of 84 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Asako Ito and published 2026-07-17. Both come from the public catalogue, not from WinnTCG.
A catalogue match is not the authenticity check. It confirms the card is the card it claims to be. Whether it is genuine was checked separately, on the card itself; see Authenticity below.
About this card
#320 in the National Pokédex · a Generation III Pokémon · 88 different cards of it exist.
From the card and the public catalogue, not written by WinnTCG.
Authenticity
WinnTCG authenticated this card in hand, on the bench, against genuine Pokémon cards. It was checked four ways: light shone through it to check the core, its weight on a scale, its thickness measured, and its print pattern and surface texture under magnification.
How this card was graded
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The working behind this grade
Every grade here is published with its reasoning. The report states what each measurement returned, what the model proposed on each axis, where the grader disagreed with it, and every defect marked on the photographs above.