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Swalot

Hidden Legends / #50/101

Swalot

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Hidden Legends
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Yuka Morii
Source reference
ex5-50

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The Pokémon’s story

Swalot first attacks prey with highly toxic liquid sprayed from its body's pores. Once the prey weakens, it swallows it in one gulp. It has no teeth and engulfs whatever fits its vast mouth without chewing. Its digestive juices are described as able to dissolve almost anything. Its mouth's size and stomach's power thus extend a two-stage hunting method: poison, then swallow.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sapphire compares Swalot's mouth opening with the space needed to fit a car tire inside. Pokémon Emerald gives it a surprising limit: its digestive fluid can dissolve almost anything except its own stomach.

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Card details

HP
80
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Gulpin
Pokédex number
317
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Psychic ×2

Printed card text — English

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Attacks

Amnesia

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10

Choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon's attacks. That Pokémon can't use that attack during your opponent's next turn.

Swallow Up

Cost: Grass · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 50+

Before doing damage, count the remaining HP of the Defending Pokémon and Swalot. If the Defending Pokémon has fewer remaining HP than Swalot's, this attack does 50 damage plus 30 more damage.

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard
  • normal · standard · pre-release

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