Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Swinub
Astral Radiance · #31 · Common · 2022
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Market reference
$0.06
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 31 / 216
- Release year
- 2022
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Piloswine
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- F
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 220
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 13.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Swinub plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Icy Wind) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Swinub
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.2 copies on average · 74 decks
- Match win rate
- 37.8%
- -9.2 pts vs the 47.0% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Swinub?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Swinub excels at sniffing out mushrooms buried beneath grass or snow. Since ancient times, the people of Hisui have often relied upon this skill."
CCStampede — 20
WCCIcy Wind — 40
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Swinub or Astral Radiance.
SEASAC League Challenge #1 (SEASON 6) [50 CODES]
Oct 11, 2026
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Oct 12, 2026
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Oct 12, 2026
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Oct 13, 2026
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Oct 14, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Swinub was legal.
Vault Of Games #6 🏆| SEASON 1|WEEKLY
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RDG! October Open Qualifier
today
The Hideout:Cash Is King PTCG Webcam Event $10 #11
today
Lhama Champs
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🇧🇷 Hit Challenge #40 | TCG Live
today
⚡Surge's TCG Vault Webcam Play!⚡
today
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $56.00 | $0.06 | $0.04 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.25 | $30.00 | $0.27 | $0.11 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/26| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.13 |
| 7-day average | €0.05 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.22 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.18 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.19 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.18 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.16 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Swinub is real?
Swinub is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Swinub worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Swinub is $0.06; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Swinub from?
Swinub is from the Pokémon set "Astral Radiance" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2022.
What rarity is Swinub?
Swinub is a Common card in the Astral Radiance set.
Other Swinub printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
