Swadloon 6/98 · 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. Swadloon is 6/98, in position 6 of 98 on this checklist. Before it is 5 Swadloon, and after it is 7 Leavanny. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Swadloon is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Swadloon (#541), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Sewaddle. In this catalog that name is Sewaddle (#540). The card lists Leavanny, Leavanny (#542) under evolves to.

MAHOU illustrated this card. The same name is on 122 other cards in the catalog.

Swadloon (#541) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Swadloon 5/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Naoki Saito illustrated that card, and MAHOU illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 5 other cards of Swadloon list a different HP.

The attack Grass Cocooning lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Heal 40 damage from this Pokémon. Razor Leaf is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Forests where Swadloon live have superb foliage because the nutrients they make from fallen leaves nourish the plant life."

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. Swadloon can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.