Ruby & Sapphire

Swampert

RS23· Rare
Swampert RS 23

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What the card itself says

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HP
100
Type
Water
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Number
23/109
Set
Ruby & SapphireRS
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its Ability

Natural Remedy

Once during your turn (before your attack), when you attach a Water Energy card from your hand to Swampert, remove 1 damage counter from Swampert.

Its attacks

Water Arrow

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Waterfall

50

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, Natural Remedy. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 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