Swellow 49/107 · Deoxys

Swellow is Pokédex #277, generation 3 (Hoenn). Swellow is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Taillow. In this catalog that name is Taillow (#276).

Swellow sits at 49/107 in Deoxys, position 49 of 108. Before it is 48 Starmie, and after it is 50 Vigoroth. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on February 1, 2005. The printed size is 107. This checklist is longer, at 108 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Mid-air Crush lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent discards 1 Energy card, if any, attached to that Pokémon. Nosedive is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, Swellow does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30.

Swellow (#277) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Swellow 46/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Swellow list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Deoxys set binder is where a full Deoxys set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swellow can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.