Swadloon 8/236 · Unified Minds

Swadloon is Pokédex #541, generation 5 (Unova). Swadloon is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 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 8/236 in Unified Minds, position 8 of 261. Before it is 7 Sewaddle, and after it is 9 Leavanny. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 2, 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 261 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Swaddling Leaves is listed as Ability. This Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Bug Bite lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Forests where Swadloon live have superb foliage because the nutrients they make from fallen leaves nourish the plant life."

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). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Naoki Saito illustrated that card, and Shibuzoh. 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 Shibuzoh.. I count 100 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unified Minds set binder is where a full Unified Minds 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.