How many Swellow cards are there?

There are 14 Swellow cards, printed between 2003 and 2025 across 13 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Swellow card has the best artwork?

That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Swellow art first, however common or rare the card.

Who illustrates Swellow cards?

12 illustrators have drawn Swellow. Kagemaru Himeno has done the most at 2, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and Atsuko Nishida.

What was the first Swellow card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Ruby & Sapphire, released in 2003. 7 of its 14 cards are Uncommon.

No. 277 · Hoenn · Normal/Flying

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Swellow is a Normal/Flying-type Pokémon introduced in Hoenn, number 277 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2003 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 14
Sets: 13
Printed: 2003–2025
Illustrators: 12

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The strongest Swellow art

01/06
Swellow
Roaring Skies · 2015
Drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita
Rare
02/06
Swellow
Roaring Skies · 2015
Drawn by Sanosuke Sakuma
Rare
03/06
Swellow δ
Dragon Frontiers · 2006
Drawn by Sumiyoshi Kizuki
Uncommon
04/06
Swellow
Legends Awakened · 2008
Drawn by Suwama Chiaki
Uncommon
05/06
Swellow
Guardians Rising · 2017
Drawn by Kagemaru Himeno
Rare
06/06
Swellow
Delta Species · 2005
Drawn by Atsuko Nishida
Rare

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Which is the better picture?

Two Swellow cards, side by side.

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Swellow by scene

Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Swellow cards, the artwork that shows it most first.

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How Swellow gets drawn

Swellow is usually drawn serene, often diving, in golden light.

Across 14 Swellow artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

Light and time

In daylight 79%In golden light 21%In summer 64%

Diving5 of 14 artworks Flying11 of 14 artworks Perching5 of 14 artworks Serene7 of 14 artworks

Drawn against type

The Swellow pictures least like the rest.

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2003–2025

Swellow through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

2003 Dragon
2004 POP Series 1
2005 Emerald
2006 Dragon Frontiers
2008 Legends Awakened
2014 XY
2015 Roaring Skies
2017 Guardians Rising
2020 Vivid Voltage
2025 Destined Rivals

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Every Swellow card

14 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Swellow in numbers

Cards: 14
Sets: 13since Ruby & Sapphire
Illustrators: 12most by Kagemaru Himeno
Printed: 2003–2025
Printed as: Stage 1
HP on card: 70–100

They span 13 sets, from Ruby & Sapphire to Destined Rivals. 12 illustrators have drawn it, most often Kagemaru Himeno, Mitsuhiro Arita and Atsuko Nishida.

Who draws Swellow

12 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

13 sets, by how many Swellow cards each holds.

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Rarity

Uncommon7Rare5Common2

Questions

How many Swellow cards are there?: There are 14 Swellow cards, printed between 2003 and 2025 across 13 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Swellow card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Swellow art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Swellow cards?: 12 illustrators have drawn Swellow. Kagemaru Himeno has done the most at 2, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and Atsuko Nishida.
What was the first Swellow card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Ruby & Sapphire, released in 2003. 7 of its 14 cards are Uncommon.