Swablu 213/182 · Paradox Rift

Paradox Rift is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on November 3, 2023. The printed size is 182. This checklist is longer, at 266 cards. Swablu is 213/182, in position 213 of 266 on this checklist. Before it is 212 Loudred, and after it is 214 Porygon-Z. The collector number is above the printed set size of 182. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

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

Jiro Sasumo illustrated this card. The same name is on 29 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 Illustration Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Jiro Sasumo illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Swablu list a different HP.

The attack Peck lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Bind Wound is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Heal 30 damage from 1 of your Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It can't relax if it or its surroundings are not clean. It wipes off dirt with its wings." The regulation mark is G.

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