Swoobat 69/203 · Evolving Skies

Evolving Skies is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. Swoobat is 69/203, in position 69 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 68 Woobat, and after it is 70 Golurk V. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Swoobat is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Swoobat (#528), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Woobat. In this catalog that name is Woobat (#527).

nagimiso illustrated this card. The same name is on 156 other cards in the catalog.

Swoobat (#528) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Swoobat 51/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and nagimiso illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Swoobat list a different HP.

The attack Synchro Woofer lists 30+ damage. The cost is Psychic. If you have the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The auspicious shape of this Pokémon's nose apparently led some regions to consider Swoobat a symbol of good luck." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Evolving Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Evolving Skies set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swoobat can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.