Swadloon 88/86 · White Flare

White Flare is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 18 July 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. Swadloon is 88/86, in position 88 of 173 on this checklist. Before it is 87 Sewaddle, and after it is 89 Leavanny. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

Swadloon is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Swadloon (#541), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Sewaddle. In this catalog that name is Sewaddle (#540). The card lists Leavanny, Leavanny (#542) under evolves to.

0313 illustrated this card. The same name is on 62 other cards in the catalog.

Swadloon (#541) has 9 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 Swadloon 5/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Illustration Rare. 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.

Healing Leaves is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may heal 20 damage from your Active Pokémon. The attack Bug Buzz lists 40 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Forests where Swadloon live have superb foliage because the nutrients they make from fallen leaves nourish the plant life." The regulation mark is I.

I keep a set binder for White Flare, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the White Flare set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swadloon can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Bug Pokémon. I still need this card.