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Wimpod

Guardians Rising 8/145 • common

Set: Guardians Rising
Number: 8/145
Rarity: Common
Released: 2017
Energy type: grass energy
Market price: $0.23
Artist: match

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Market

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$0.23market price via TCGplayer · Sep 21, 2026$0.14 – $0.24 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

Wimpod made its debut in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the Sun & Moon era, appearing in the Guardians Rising expansion as a common grass-type card. While common cards are plentiful, this specific printing is notable for its role in introducing the unique "Wimp Out" defensive behavior to the tabletop format, capturing the skittish personality the creature displays in the video games.

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Card face

What it does

70 HPBasic

Cost: colorless energyScamper Away

Shuffle this Pokémon and all cards attached to it into your deck.

Cost: grass energyRam10

Weaknessfire energy×2Retreatcolorless energy colorless energy

This Pokémon is a coward. As it desperately dashes off, the flailing of its many legs leaves a sparkling clean path in its wake.

Formats

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Provenance

Where it came from

Wimpod first appeared in the Pokémon Trading Card Game as part of the Guardians Rising expansion, released in May 2017. This set was designed to introduce Pokémon originally discovered in the Alola region to the game, drawing direct inspiration from the Pokémon Sun and Moon video games. As a common card, it was produced in high volume to provide players with accessible, base-level options for deck building and to represent the Pokémon's native habitat within the game's competitive ecosystem.

The card features the distinct artistic style of illustrator Tomokazu Komiya, who is known for his unique, textured, and often whimsical approach to Pokémon illustration. In this piece, Komiya captures Wimpod’s skittish and elusive temperament, emphasizing its grounded, bug-like characteristics. Like many cards in the Sun and Moon era, it was received primarily as a functional utility piece for players, while its artwork remains a notable example of the stylized creative direction that distinguishes the Pokémon TCG from other modern trading card games.

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