Emerald

Swellow

EM41· Uncommon
Swellow EM 41

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What the card itself says

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HP
70
Type
Colorless
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
0
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Number
41/106
Set
EmeraldEM
Illustrated by
Naoyo Kimura

Its attacks

Peck

20

Skill Dive

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 40 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

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 retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,126 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

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,126 tournament lists we have read, 355 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

Emerald landed here on 9 May 2005.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

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