Swellow -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Swellow from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Swellow is a Stage 1, Colorless type Pokemon card, with a HP of 90. It has a x2 weakness to Lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Fighting type Pokemon, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  This card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Agility, for one Colorless Energy card, this move does 20 damage, plus if you get a heads when flipping a coin, all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Swellow by your opponent during their next turn is prevented.  Swallow Dive is the name of the second move on this card, for one Colorless Energy card, this move does 40 damage, plus 80 more damage if you used Swellow's Agility move during your last turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Swellow is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Taillow into play (I reviewed Taillow from this set yesterday) and then evolve Taillow into Swellow.  If you read yesterday's review of Taillow, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  The card did have a solid HP, low retreat cost, and a quick attacking move, but the only move the card did have, did do 10 damage to Taillow each time it was used.  Knowing this about Taillow from this set and looking at this Swellow card, because Swellow is so quick on the attack, I would definitely recommend trying to use this line to start a battle.  You can essentially do 70 damage per turn with Swellow if you alternate between using Agility and Swallow Dive.  Plus, if you get some luck, and flip a heads when using Agility, you'll give your Bench that much more time to get set up, and have more time to do damage with Swellow while it is in the Active Pokemon spot.  Ideally you'd want something higher than 90 HP for a Pokemon you're going to want to use in the Active Pokemon spot as an attacker, but this is enough HP in my opinion for this card to be excellent overall, and a card and line that should be considered for most decks.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a well above average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set.  I really don't think you can go wrong by using this card in a deck, it works with any type Energy, only requires one Energy card to attack, is defensive, with some luck, and can do major damage to your opponent's Active Pokemon.  Despite Taillow from this set being below average overall, I would still give this entire line a 4 out of 5 rating.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Swellow from the Guardians Rising set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Castform, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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