Sawk 52/101 · Plasma Blast

Plasma Blast is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on 14 August 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. Sawk is 52/101, in position 52 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 51 Throh, and after it is 53 Archen. The listed rarity is Common.

Sawk is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sawk (#539), generation 5 (Unova).

Naoki Saito illustrated this card. The same name is on 270 other cards in the catalog.

Sawk (#539) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sawk 62/114 in Black & White (2011). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Common. 2 other cards of Sawk list a different HP.

The attack Kick of Righteousness lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon is a Team Plasma Pokémon, this attack does 40 more damage. Low Sweep is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Desiring the strongest karate chop, they seclude themselves in mountains and train without sleeping."

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