Swalot Card Collection: Your 🫧 Round & Squishy Binder Checklist
Swalot through a collector lens — art cues, binder rhythm, and natural pairings with Gulpin and Blissey.
2024-08-08
Popularity Rank: #587
Fan survey data
Blended rank from two r/pokemon "favourite Pokémon" surveys, weighted 60/40 toward the 2025 results (u/Jawnysparklez; u/mamamia1001 2019).
2025 survey: #638
2019 survey: #424
#587 / 1025
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Swalot
Poison Bag Pokémon
When SWALOT spots prey, it spurts out a hideously toxic fluid from its pores and sprays the target. Once the prey has weakened, this POKéMON gulps it down whole with its cavernous mouth.
Pokédex details
Height
1.7 m
Weight
80.0 kg
Base EXP
0
Capture rate
75 / 255
Generation
Gen III
Base happiness
70
Growth rate
Fast Then Very Slow
Color
Purple
Habitat
Grassland
Shape
Arms
Egg groups
Indeterminate
Why collectors adore Swalot
Quick read on why Swalot clicks with collectors before you dive into cards and spreads.
- Cheerful personality in-game — Swalot feels upbeat even before you pick a favourite card.
- A staple in our 🫧 Round & Squishy crowd — Swalot is one of those picks collectors nod at immediately.
- Swalot has that "favourite since childhood" energy — you don't need lore to explain the appeal.
Pokémon TCG cards
Recent cards featuring Swalot from the Trading Card Game, newest first.
Stellar Crown
Uncommon
Celestial Storm
Uncommon
Phantom Forces
Rare
Arceus
Rare Holo
Legends Awakened
Uncommon
Emerald
Uncommon
Hidden Legends
Uncommon
Crystal Guardians
Rare
Showing 8 of 8 loaded cards · card data from TCGdex with pokemontcg.io as backup · images via Scrydex when needed
How I'd build a Swalot spread
Spread layout for Swalot, TCG picks to anchor the page, and open artwork you can print for Michi-style scene pockets.
Cards to anchor your spread
TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.
Swalot #50 (Hidden Legends) by Yuka Morii is essential — her signature clay-art style gives Swalot an irresistibly handcrafted charm.
Swalot #58 (Celestial Storm) by Yuka Morii is essential — her signature clay-art style gives Swalot an irresistibly handcrafted charm.
Swalot #72 (Legends Awakened) is a solid binder pick — easy to find and always looks great in a spread.
Swalot #11 (Crystal Guardians) is a sleeper hit — not expensive, but a favorite for themed collections.
Species art references
Character renders for colour matching, pose ideas, and silhouette checks.
Official artwork
Match card holo colours and keep the species silhouette consistent across pockets.
HOME render
Modern pose reference when you want a cleaner, upright character layout.
Dream World vector
Simple line-and-fill shape — handy for tracing pocket placement before you print.
Shiny palette
Alternate colourway for accent pockets or shiny-themed spreads.
Art via PokéAPI/sprites (open source).
Swalot mini binder spread
A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Swalot chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.
Left page
Hidden Legends
Uncommon
Celestial Storm
Uncommon
Legends Awakened
Uncommon
Crystal Guardians
Rare
Stellar Crown
Uncommon
Phantom Forces
Rare
Arceus
Rare Holo
Right page
Emerald
Uncommon
Pokémon TCG
Empty Slot
Pokémon TCG
Empty Slot
Pokémon TCG
Empty Slot
Pokémon TCG
Empty Slot
Pokémon TCG
Empty Slot
Pokémon TCG
Empty Slot
Start with a background that echoes Swalot's poison, then place your chase holo in the top-left anchor slot. Secondary copies can step down in rarity toward the edges so the spread breathes in photos.
Michi Method scene examples
Illustration picks when dedicated scene art is not cached yet — card frames may still show.
Scene wallpaper — Swalot
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Swalot
Scene wallpaper — Swalot
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Swalot
Find more scene art
Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.
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Additional tips
- Lead with your strongest Swalot single, then echo it with a secondary spread featuring Gulpin, Blissey, and Chansey so the page reads as a story, not a checklist.
- Try a orchid purple and magenta sleeve story around Swalot's poison-type identity — mat color does more work than people admit in photos.
- Photograph the Swalot page under warm side light once and cool once — you'll quickly see which copy deserves the top-left anchor slot.
- At 1.7m / 80kg, Swalot sits in a middleweight silhouette band — mix close-up portraits with one environmental wide shot for depth.
Swalot on the tabletop
Optional competitive context for Swalot. Display collectors can skip straight to the backstory below.
Base stats
In-game numbers for Swalot — useful context beside abilities and moves.
HP
100
Attack
73
Defense
83
Sp. Atk
73
Sp. Def
83
Speed
55
Total: 467
Players file Swalot around tier "ZU" while Ability Liquid Ooze (Damages opponents using leeching moves for as much as they would heal.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.
- Hidden Ability Gluttony is the deep-cut hunt — call it out when you sell or trade so buyers know you are curating, not flipping random holos.
- Spit Up — More power with more uses of Stockpile. — Illustration Rares that stage that motion tend to outperform static portraits.
3D battle sprites
Animated Showdown-style models for Swalot — normal and shiny.
Sprites via Project Pokémon. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Backstory & Lore
A short write-up on Swalot, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.
When SWALOT spots prey, it spurts out a hideously toxic fluid from its pores and sprays the target. Once the prey has weakened, this POKéMON gulps it down whole with its cavernous mouth.
SWALOT has no teeth, so what it eats, it swallows whole, no matter what. Its cavernous mouth yawns widely. An automobile tire could easily fit inside this POKéMON’s mouth.
Its powerful stomach acid is capable of digesting almost anything. The one thing in the whole world a SWALOT can’t digest is its own stomach.
A second dex beat (Leafgreen) frames Swalot as one that can swallow a tire whole in one gulp.. Rotating that line on a sticky note beside the page keeps the spread feeling lived-in.
Swalot shows up in Diamond lore as one that swallows anything whole.. When you shop for cards, look for illustrations that lean into that mood instead of generic portrait poses.
Name in other languages
Common localized names collectors may search for.
German
Schlukwech
Spanish
Swalot
French
Avaltout
Italian
Swalot
Japanese
マルノーム
Japanese (Romaji)
Marunoom
Korean
꿀꺽몬
Chinese (Simplified)
吞食兽
Chinese (Traditional)
吞食獸
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