Every Swellow card

The short version

Swellow has two printings in Pokémon TCG Pocket, across two expansions — the earliest in Fantastical Parade and the most recent in Team Rocket’s Ambition. It is a Stage 1 Colorless-type Pokémon with 80 HP, weak to Lightning, with a retreat cost of 1. They run to two rarities — one Rare and one Shiny. The hardest to pull is the Shiny from Team Rocket’s Ambition, at about 1 in 279 packs, or 1,000 Pack Points to buy outright. Nine hunts in ten end inside 643 packs, which is about 11 months at the two free packs a day the game gives you. The printings come out of the Team Rocket and Gardevoir packs. The most recent is Swellow #104, from an expansion that shipped in August 2026. That printing carries the ability Repelling Wind: Once during your turn, you may switch out your opponent's Active Basic Pokémon to the Bench. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.). It attacks with Wing Attack, which costs two Colorless energy and hits for 50. The card’s own words: “It dives at a steep angle as soon as it spots its prey. It catches its prey with sharp claws.” It has been drawn by two artists.

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