Swablu SH5/127 · Platinum

Platinum is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. Swablu is SH5/127, in position 132 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is SH4 Lotad, and after it is SH6 Vulpix. The listed rarity is Rare.

Swablu is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 16. In the Pokédex this is Swablu (#333), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Altaria, Altaria (#334) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Swablu (#333) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Swablu 75/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Swablu list a different HP.

The attack Roost lists no damage number. Remove 4 damage counters from Swablu. Swablu can't retreat during your next turn. Mirror Move is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. If Swablu was damaged by an attack during your opponent's last turn, this attack does the same amount of damage done to Swablu to the Defending Pokémon. Fury Attack is another attack lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Lightning +10. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Platinum, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Platinum 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.