Swadloon 9/135 · Plasma Storm

Swadloon is Pokédex #541, generation 5 (Unova). Swadloon is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Sewaddle. In this catalog that name is Sewaddle (#540). The card lists Leavanny, Leavanny (#542) under evolves to.

Swadloon sits at 9/135 in Plasma Storm, position 9 of 138. Before it is 8 Sewaddle, and after it is 10 Leavanny. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on February 6, 2013. The printed size is 135. This checklist is longer, at 138 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Swaddle Guard lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 40 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Surprise Attack is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Preferring dark, damp places, it spends the entire day eating fallen leaves that lie around it."

Swadloon (#541) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 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). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Naoki Saito illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 5 other cards of Swadloon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kyoko Umemoto. I count 174 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Storm set binder is where a full Plasma Storm set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swadloon can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.