Character info
The character
Wailord is a massive whale Pokémon known as the largest Pokémon in length, evolving from Wailmer. It is a Water-type found in the Hoenn region, often depicted breaching the ocean surface in its artwork. It is known for its enormous size despite a gentle, docile nature.
This card
This is Wailord ex, card 016/084 from the Pitch Black (PBL) set, printed as a holo variant with RR rarity. The artwork, illustrated by 5ban Graphics, shows Wailord breaching through the water with its mouth open wide. The card carries the ex rule banner at the bottom and a double star rarity marker near the collector number.
How it plays
Wailord ex is a Stage 1 Water-type Pokémon with 380 HP, evolving from Wailmer. Its first attack, Surf, costs three Water energy and deals 120 damage. Its second attack, Falling Down, costs five Water energy, deals 270 damage, and puts the Pokémon itself to sleep. It has a weakness to Lightning (x2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of four energy; as a Pokémon ex, it gives up two Prize cards when knocked out.
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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 RR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics 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
#321 in the National Pokédex · a Generation III Pokémon · 149 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Wailmer.
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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
WinnTCG graded this card in hand, on the bench. The card was in our hands, and we sealed the case ourselves. We photographed it here under controlled light to show which card is in the case and where anything we marked sits on it.
If you are buying this slab: the grade is WinnTCG’s judgement of the card that was in front of us, and WinnTCG sealed this case. The photographs above are of that card. Compare them against what you can see through the case, because a case can be opened by anyone who has held it since.
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.