Swampert 5/17 · POP Series 1

POP Series 1 is a set in the POP series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. Swampert is 5/17, in position 5 of 17 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Sceptile, and after it is 6 Beautifly. The listed rarity is Rare.

Swampert is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Swampert (#260), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Marshtomp. In this catalog that name is Marshtomp (#259).

Hiromichi Sugiyama illustrated this card. The same name is on 32 other cards in the catalog.

Swampert (#260) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2021. The earliest other card is Swampert 13/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hiromichi Sugiyama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 13 other cards of Swampert list a different HP.

The attack Bubble lists 20 damage. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Mud Splash is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for POP Series 1, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the POP Series 1 set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swampert can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.