Swablu 79/107 · Deoxys

Deoxys is a set in the EX series. It was released on February 1, 2005. The printed size is 107. This checklist is longer, at 108 cards. Swablu is 79/107, in position 79 of 108 on this checklist. Before it is 78 Surskit, and after it is 80 Taillow. The listed rarity is Common.

Swablu is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Swablu (#333), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Altaria, Altaria (#334) under evolves to.

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 other cards in the catalog.

Swablu (#333) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Swablu 75/97 in Dragon (2003). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Swablu list a different HP.

Fluff is listed as Poké-Body. Whenever Swablu would be damaged or affected by an opponent's attack and already has at least 1 damage counter on it, flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of that attack, including damage, done to Swablu. The attack Peck lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Deoxys, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Deoxys set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swablu can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.