Swoobat 37/98 · Emerging Powers

Emerging Powers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on August 31, 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. Swoobat is 37/98, in position 37 of 98 on this checklist. Before it is 36 Woobat, and after it is 38 Venipede. The listed rarity is Rare.

Swoobat is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Swoobat (#528), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Woobat. In this catalog that name is Woobat (#527).

Shigenori Negishi illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

Swoobat (#528) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Swoobat 51/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Swoobat list a different HP.

The attack Psyshot lists 30 damage. The cost is Psychic. Phat Sound is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Anyone who comes into contact with the ultrasonic waves emitted by a courting male experiences a positive mood shift."

I keep a set binder for Emerging Powers, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Emerging Powers set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swoobat can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.