# Taillow #72/109 — Ruby & Sapphire

## Summary

Taillow is a bulk common from the first Hoenn set, the sort of pull that filled out a binder page and rarely a wish list. Its small, loyal following comes from Hoenn nostalgia and Kagemaru Himeno's long Pokémon card legacy, which makes it a pleasant completionist pickup. A $0.59 modelled guide, flat over 30 days on 5 copies traded, says bulk, with 373 days of inventory on the board, and the economics stop there: a CGC 10 brings $9.00, 15 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, and the same card plays for $0.16 out of Destined Rivals.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Ruby & Sapphire |
| Number | 72/109 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Kagemaru Himeno |
| Release date | 2003-07-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 40 |
| Types | Colorless |
| Attack: Peck | cost Colorless — damage 10 |
| Attack: Wing Attack | cost Colorless/Colorless — damage 20 |
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 |
| Resistance | Fighting -30 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Taillow #276](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/taillow) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.59** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-07
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-07
- Floor delivered ask: $1.35 — as of 2026-11-07T23:47:55.260Z
- Quant score: 37/100, regime FLOOR_FORMING — as of 2026-11-07T23:47:55.260Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 38% weight · -31% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2003-07-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-20T04:15:36.470Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-20T04:15:33.018Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-19T15:06:51.740Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-20T04:15:33.018Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-10T00:13:10.048Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/ruby-sapphire/taillow-72)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex1-72%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)