Damage Roller
Cost: Psychic
Put damage counters on the Defending Pokémon until the Defending Pokémon has the same remaining HP as Swalot. (If the Defending Pokémon has the same or less remaining HP as Swalot, this attack does nothing.)
Arceus / #9/99
Swalot
Printed language: English · Pokémon
- Set (printed edition)
- Arceus
- Rarity (source)
- Holo Rare
- Illustrator
- Aya Kusube
- Source reference
- pl4-9
CARDEX BACKGROUND
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.
Sources for this background
Card details
- HP
- 100
- Type (source)
- Psychic
- Stage (source)
- Stage1
- Evolves from (printed name)
- Gulpin
- Pokédex number
- 317
- Retreat cost
- 3 Energy
- Weakness (source)
- Psychic +20
Printed card text — English
Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.
Description from the source
It swallows anything whole. It sweats toxic fluids from its follicles to douse foes.Attacks
Entangle Tackle
Cost: Psychic · Psychic · Colorless
Damage: 50+
You may do 50 damage plus 30 more damage. If you do, this attack does 30 damage to 1 of your Pokémon, and don't apply Weakness and Resistance to this damage.Documented variants
Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.
- Normal
- Reverse
- Holographic
- holo · standard
- normal · standard
- reverse · standard
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