Swablu SV42/94 · Hidden Fates Shiny Vault

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

Swablu sits at SV42/94 in Hidden Fates Shiny Vault, position 42 of 94. Before it is SV41 Eevee, and after it is SV43 Noibat. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 23, 2019. The printed size is 94, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny.

The attack Collect lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Draw a card. Peck is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It constantly grooms its cotton-like wings. It takes a shower to clean itself if it becomes dirty."

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). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Shiny. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Swablu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shigenori Negishi. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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