Swellow 49/107 · Deoxys

Swellow is Pokédex #277, generation 3 (Hoenn). Swellow is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Taillow. In this catalog that name is Taillow (#276).

Swellow sits at 49/107 in Deoxys, position 49 of 108. Before it is 48 Starmie, and after it is 50 Vigoroth. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 February 2005. The printed size is 107. This checklist is longer, at 108 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Mid-air Crush lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent discards 1 Energy card, if any, attached to that Pokémon. Nosedive is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, Swellow does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30.

Swellow (#277) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 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). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Swellow list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Deoxys set binder is where a full Deoxys 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). I still need this card.