Swadloon 10/264 · Fusion Strike

Swadloon is Pokédex #541, generation 5 (Unova). Swadloon is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 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 10/264 in Fusion Strike, position 10 of 284. Before it is 9 Sewaddle, and after it is 11 Leavanny. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 12, 2021. The printed size is 264. This checklist is longer, at 284 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Trip Over lists 10+ damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Seed Bomb is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It protects itself from the cold by wrapping up in leaves. It stays on the move, eating leaves in forests." The regulation mark is E.

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). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Naoki Saito illustrated that card, and 0313 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 0313. I count 62 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Fusion Strike set binder is where a full Fusion Strike 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.