Sewaddle 3/98 · Emerging Powers

Sewaddle is Pokédex #540, generation 5 (Unova). Sewaddle is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists Swadloon, Swadloon (#541) under evolves to.

Sewaddle sits at 3/98 in Emerging Powers, position 3 of 98. Before it is 2 Simisage, and after it is 4 Sewaddle. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 31 August 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Tackle lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. String Shot is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Leavanny dress it in clothes they made for it when it hatched. It hides its head in its hood while it is sleeping."

Sewaddle (#540) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sewaddle 4/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Naoki Saito illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Sewaddle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerging Powers set binder is where a full Emerging Powers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sewaddle can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.