Taillow is the Tiny Swallow Pokémon, a small dark blue bird with a red chest marking, white underside, and two sharply pointed tail feathers. It is gutsy enough to face strong foes without backing down, usually hunts Wurmple, and in the cold season flies over 180 miles a day in search of warmer places.
Taillow evolves into Swellow at level 22, and shares identical base stats with Wingull aside from swapped Attack and Special Attack.
Taillow debuted in You Never Can Taillow as the leader of a flock in Petalburg Woods, and it became Ash's own catch in Hoenn. It evolved into a Swellow in That's Just Swellow during the final round of the Crossgate PokeRinger competition.
Taillow's earliest card is the 2003 Ruby and Sapphire Common illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, followed by the Dragon Common by Kyoko Umemoto. Dragon Frontiers later added a delta species Common by Miki Tanaka.
The 2025 Destined Rivals set carried a Common illustrated by Ayako Ozaki.
Taillow's earliest card, the 2003 Ruby and Sapphire Common by Kagemaru Himeno.
Dragon Frontiers delta species Common by Miki Tanaka.
Destined Rivals Common illustrated by Ayako Ozaki.
Taillow evolves into Swellow at level 22.
Taillow was the first Pokémon Ash caught in Hoenn, debuting as a flock leader in Petalburg Woods.
Our catalog lists 14 Taillow cards across 14 sets.
| # | Card | Set | Year | Rarity | Price | 30D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taillow | Dragon | 2003 | Common | — | $0.63guide | -1.6% |
| 2 | Taillow | Delta Species | 2005 | Common | — | $0.59guide | +5.4% |
| 3 | Taillow | Ruby & Sapphire | 2003 | Common | — | $0.59guide | 0.0% |
| 4 | Taillow δ | Dragon Frontiers | 2006 | Common | — | $0.54guide | -23.9% |
| 5 | Taillow | Emerald | 2005 | Common | — | $0.51guide | -1.9% |
| 6 | Taillow | Deoxys | 2005 | Common | — | $0.34guide | +9.7% |
| 7 | Taillow | Legends Awakened | 2008 | Common | — | $0.28guide | +3.7% |
| 8 | Taillow | XY | 2014 | Common | — | $0.25guide | +4.2% |
| 9 | Taillow | Boundaries Crossed | 2012 | Common | — | $0.24guide | 0.0% |
| 10 | Taillow | Vivid Voltage | 2020 | Common | — | $0.24guide | 0.0% |
Ranked by each card’s main print in near-mint raw condition. 1st Edition, Shadowless and other versions are priced on each card’s page. The table updates live.
Taillow's priced cards run from 2003 to 2025, and the most valuable Taillow card is the Common from Dragon, printed in 2003. All 14 Taillow cards carry a market value, and the ten leading cards hold 85 percent of the total, so Taillow card value sits in a short list of prints. The Dragon card heads a ranking made up entirely of Common rarity cards.
The Dragon Taillow from 2003 and the Ruby & Sapphire Taillow from the same year are about equal at the top of the most valuable Taillow cards. Behind them come the Delta Species Taillow from 2005 and the Dragon Frontiers Taillow δ from 2006, followed by the Emerald Taillow, also from 2005. Every one of these is a Common, so the leading Taillow cards are standard prints from the EX era.
The EX era supplies 6 of the 25 leading Taillow cards, with 3 from XY and 1 each from Diamond & Pearl, Black & White and Sun & Moon. The newest era's leader is the Destined Rivals Taillow from 2025, placed 14th overall. All ten of the leading cards are modern, and the same holds for the wider 25, which count 14 modern cards. Here vintage means the WOTC era and modern is every later era.
By the value of its single leading card, Taillow ranks 994th of 1020 species with priced cards, and by the combined value of its ten leaders it ranks 742nd of 753. Its evolution line adds Swellow, whose top card ranks 930th of 1020. Taillow cards are therefore a modest, tightly clustered market in which a few early EX-era Commons set the pace.
Written from market data as of October 29, 2026; the table updates live.

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Taillow is the Tiny Swallow Pokémon, a Normal and Flying type that evolves into Swellow, known in the anime as the first Pokémon Ash caught in Hoenn. Our catalog lists 14 Taillow cards across 14 sets, from a 2003 Ruby and Sapphire Common to a 2025 Destined Rivals printing.
TaillowSwellow
TaillowVivid Voltage · 133 · Normal$0.24+4.3%68Quant score68 / 100
TaillowDestined Rivals · 156 · Normal$0.15-6.2%67Quant score67 / 100
Taillow δDragon Frontiers · 66 · Normal$0.54-1.8%21Quant score21 / 100
TaillowDelta Species · 86 · Normal$0.590.0%65Quant score65 / 100
TaillowRuby & Sapphire · 72 · Normal$0.590.0%38Quant score38 / 100
TaillowRoaring Skies · 70 · Normal$0.190.0%46Quant score46 / 100