POP Series 1

Swellow

P115· Common
Swellow P1 15

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What the card itself says

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

HP
70
Type
Colorless
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
Resistance
-30
Number
15/17
Set
POP Series 1P1
Illustrated by
Kagemaru Himeno

Its attacks

Focus Energy

During your next turn, base damage of Swellow's Agility is 70 instead of 30.

Agility

30

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Swellow during your opponent's next turn.

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

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  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

    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

POP Series 1 landed here on 1 September 2004.

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 14 Swellow cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Swellow card and its price