Celestial Storm

Swampert CES 35/168

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Swampert CES 35

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read CES 35/168 there. Its illustration is signed SATOSHI NAKAI.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Celestial Storm set, released here on 3 August 2018.

When it came out

Celestial Storm landed here on 3 August 2018.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
160
Type
Water
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
35/168
Set
Celestial StormCES
Illustrated by
SATOSHI NAKAI

Its Ability

Power Drawパワードロー

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard a card from your hand. If you do, draw 3 cards.自分の番に1回使える。自分の手札を1枚トラッシュする。その後、山札を3枚引く。

Its attacks

Hydro Pumpハイドロポンプ

80+

This attack does 20 more damage times the amount of Water Energy attached to this Pokémon.このポケモンについている[水]エネルギーの数x20ダメージ追加。

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    It has an Ability, Power Draw. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,427 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  4. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Marshtomp to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,427 tournament lists we have read, 3,431 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

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