# Swablu #86/106 — Great Encounters

## Summary

Swablu is a bulk common from the Diamond & Pearl years, a Hoenn Basic whose cotton-wing charm keeps a modest following, mostly among Altaria fans. Kanako Eo is a respected illustrator, and her name is the main reason a pull like this gets a second look from set completionists. At a $1.23 modelled guide, up 26% over 30 days on 8 copies traded, with 120 days of inventory on the board, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.09 out of Surging Sparks; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Great Encounters |
| Number | 86/106 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | DP |
| Illustrator | Kanako Eo |
| Release date | 2008-02-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 40 |
| Types | Colorless |
| Attack: Super Speed | cost Colorless — Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Swablu during your opponent's next turn. |
| Attack: Shoot Through | cost Colorless/Colorless — damage 10 — Does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) |
| Weakness | Lightning +10 |
| Resistance | Fighting -20 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Swablu #333](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/swablu) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$1.23** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-04
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-04
- Floor delivered ask: $1.99 — as of 2026-11-04T05:39:55.330Z
- Quant score: 77/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-04T05:39:55.330Z — 3 of 11 inputs · 29% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-23T08:14:27.594Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-23T08:14:24.897Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-15T13:44:54.027Z, confidence 85%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-04T05:23:58.851Z, confidence 75%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-23T08:14:24.897Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-09T00:42:59.637Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/great-encounters/swablu-86)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Adp4-86%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)