Great Encounters · #30 · 2008
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$11.40
down3% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 10, 2026
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Today's TCGplayer market price for Wailord is $11.40 for the Normal printing.
Among the 106 priced cards in Great Encounters, it sits 19th. The set's top card is Darkrai LV.X at $255. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $5.08 then, $11.40 now (up 124.4%). A year ago it sat around $5.57; today's $11.40 is 104.7% higher. Over the last 90 days it's up 1.8%, from $11.20. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $12.04 (September 2026) and as low as $4.72 (May 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $11.40 up to $12.04. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Reverse Holofoil at $20.00 prices separately.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $11.40 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $20.00
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Poké-Body Sleeping Pulse
As long as Wailord remains Asleep between turns, remove 1 damage counter from Wailord.
Sink Deep60
Cost: Water, Water, Water, Colorless
If Wailord has any damage counters on it, Wailord is now Asleep.
“The biggest of all Pokémon. It can dive to a depth of almost 10,000 feet on only one breath.”
About $11.40 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 10, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 2% over the last 3 months — from $11.20 to $11.40 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 105%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $12.04 — that was September 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
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