Ruby & Sapphire

Swampert

Name: Swampert RS 13
Brand: Pokémon

RS13· Holo Rare

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What the card itself says

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

HP: 110
Type: Water
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Number: 13/109
Set: Ruby & SapphireRS
Illustrated by: Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Water Call

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Water Energy card from your hand to your Active Pokémon. This power can't be used if Swampert is affected by a Special Condition.

Its attacks

Hypno Splash

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

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.

A strength
110 HP. Only 4 cards in Ruby & Sapphire carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Water Call. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
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.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,810 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.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 336 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.

When it came out

Ruby & Sapphire landed here on 1 July 2003.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 15 Swampert cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Swampert card and its price

What the card itself says

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

HP: 110
Type: Water
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Number: 13/109
Set: Ruby & SapphireRS
Illustrated by: Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Water Call

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Water Energy card from your hand to your Active Pokémon. This power can't be used if Swampert is affected by a Special Condition.

Its attacks

Hypno Splash

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

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.

A strength
110 HP. Only 4 cards in Ruby & Sapphire carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Water Call. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
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.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,810 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.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 336 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

What the card itself says

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

HP: 110
Type: Water
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Number: 13/109
Set: Ruby & SapphireRS
Illustrated by: Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Water Call

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Water Energy card from your hand to your Active Pokémon. This power can't be used if Swampert is affected by a Special Condition.

Its attacks

Hypno Splash

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

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.

A strength
110 HP. Only 4 cards in Ruby & Sapphire carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Water Call. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
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.
Keep in mind
None of the 3,810 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.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 336 run at least one Pokémon of that type.