Swellow 72/108 · Roaring Skies

Swellow is Pokédex #277, generation 3 (Hoenn). Swellow is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Taillow. In this catalog that name is Taillow (#276).

Swellow sits at 72/108 in Roaring Skies, position 72 of 112. Before it is 71 Swellow, and after it is 73 Swablu. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on May 6, 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Peck lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Wing Attack is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. Δ Plus is the ancient trait on this card. If your opponent's Pokémon is Knocked Out by damage from an attack of this Pokémon, take 1 more Prize card. The flavor text reads "It dives at a steep angle as soon as it spots its prey. It catches its prey with sharp claws."

Swellow (#277) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Swellow 46/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Swellow list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Roaring Skies set binder is where a full Roaring Skies set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swellow can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.