Wailord ex (EX Sandstorm 100)

Wailord ex ホエルオー ex Whaloh ex

File:WailordSandstorm.jpg Illus. Ryo Ueda

Evolution stage Stage 1 Pokémon Evolves from Wailmer Card name Wailord ex Type Water HP 200 weakness resistance None retreat cost Expansion EX Sandstorm Rarity English card no. 100/100 Japanese card no. 021/053 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Wailord.

Wailord ex (Japanese: ホエルオー ex Whaloh ex) is a Water-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the EX Sandstorm set.

Card text

When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Trivia

• This was the first card in the TCG to have 200 HP, and also the first card with a Retreat Cost of five. Neither of these figures have been surpassed as of Platinum, though they have been matched.
• Interestingly, 100 is Wailord's Hoenn Dex number, as well as this cards number.

Origin

Super Deep Dive might be based on Dive, a move in the Pokémon games that Wailord can learn via HM (in Generation III) or move tutor (in Generation IV). Dwindling Wave's effect of weakening as Wailord takes damage mirrors that of Water Spout, which Wailord can also learn.