AttackSweep the Leg
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Sawk 81/172 · Brilliant Stars
Brilliant Stars is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 25 February 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. Sawk is 81/172, in position 81 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 80 Throh, and after it is 82 Golett. The listed rarity is Common.
Sawk is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sawk (#539), generation 5 (Unova).
Shinji Kanda illustrated this card. The same name is on 25 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. Naoki Saito illustrated that card, and Shinji Kanda illustrated this one. 2 other cards of Sawk list a different HP.
The attack Sweep the Leg lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "If you see a Sawk training in the mountains in its single-minded pursuit of strength, it's best to quietly pass by." The regulation mark is F.
I keep a set binder for Brilliant Stars, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Brilliant Stars 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.
Card facts
- Number
- 81/172
- Series
- Sword & Shield
- Released
- 25 February 2022
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 90
- Type
- Fighting
- Illustrator
- Shinji Kanda
- Pokédex
- Sawk (#539)
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Retreat
- 1
- Regulation mark
- F
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
If you see a Sawk training in the mountains in its single-minded pursuit of strength, it's best to quietly pass by.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Sawk from?
Brilliant Stars, in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 25 February 2022. The printed size is 172.
What is the collector number?
81/172. It is entry 81 of 186 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Shinji Kanda. The catalog lists 25 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Sawk #539, generation 5 (Unova).
What regulation mark is printed?
F.
Which attacks are printed?
Sweep the Leg (30).