Wailmer Ruby & Sapphire #48

Card #48 · Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita

80 HPWaterPokémonBasic

Ungraded · blended

$19.47

Range $15 → $19
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Wailmer is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Ruby & Sapphire (#48), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 80 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $19.47 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#3 most valuable Wailmer of 14 #34 most valuable in Ruby & Sapphire of 109

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$18.57

LPLightly Played$11.83

MPModerately Played$6.81

HPHeavily Played$3.39

DMGDamaged$3.30

7-dayflat

30-dayflat

90-day▲ 3.3%

All-time high$19

All-time low$6

Other printingsNormal · $1.34

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$19

Normal$1

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$18.57

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 8		$12$12–$12
PSA 7		$11$11–$11

“Sold” = median of real recent eBay sold listings at that grade. Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects the price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Current

$1.79

Period high

$2.58

Period low

$1.34

Change

▼ 4.3%

Recent sold prices

Last hammer price

CGC (ungraded lot) · 25 May 2026

Typical CGC 9

$12

Auction lots · last 90 days

Liquidity

Thin

0 in last 30 days

CGC (ungraded lot)2003 Pokemon EX Ruby & Sapphire Wailmer #48 CGC AUTHWeekly Sunday Auction #227 · 25 May 2026$6 CGC (ungraded lot)2003 Pokemon EX Ruby & Sapphire Wailmer #48 CGC AUTHWeekly Sunday Auction #225 · 11 May 2026$6 CGC 92003 Pokemon EX Ruby & Sapphire Wailmer #48 CGC 9 MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #225 · 11 May 2026$12

Real completed hammer prices from Fanatics Collect weekly and premier auctions, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

PSA43 gradedPSA 10 · 2 · 5% gem rate

102

910

821

CGC228 gradedCGC 10 · 38 · 17% gem rate

1038

9.518

962

8.532

824

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Wailmer 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

−$78

Raw $19.47 → graded PSA 8 ≈ $12.00
after ~$70.11 grading fee → 0.6× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 8	$12.00	$70.11	−$78	0.6×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay

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Cross-market prices

30% spread

PriceCharting · cheapest$15

TCGplayer · dearest$19

Currently 30% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dFlat 0%

Cross-marketSome gap 30% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

Card text

Rest

Colorless · Colorless

Remove all Special Conditions and 4 damage counters from Wailmer (all if there are less than 4). Wailmer is now Asleep.

Water Gun20+

Water · Colorless

This attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Wailmer but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.

Weakness Lightning ×2Retreat 3

About the Pokémon

Ball Whale PokémonGEN IIIWailmer → Wailord

WAILMER’s nostrils are located above its eyes. This playful POKéMON loves to startle people by forcefully snorting out seawater it stores inside its body out of its nostrils.

Card details

SetRuby & Sapphire →

Number#48

RarityUncommon

PokémonAll Wailmer cards →

GenerationGen III · Hoenn →

ArtistMitsuhiro Arita →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesBasic

TypeWater

HP80

WeaknessLightning ×2

Retreat cost3

National Pokédex#320

Card IDex1-48

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Wailmer cards

There are 9 different Wailmer printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Ruby & Sapphire #48 (Uncommon).