Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Mamoswine
HS—Triumphant · #5 · Rare Holo · 2010
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From
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Market reference
$3.97
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 5 / 103
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Piloswine
- Retreat cost
- 4 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 473
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 70 damage
- 17.5 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Mamoswine plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Snowstorm) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 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 ≥70 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 4 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Mamoswine
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 4 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- 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
- 1 copies on average · 1 decks
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Mamoswine?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"A frozen Mamoswine was dug from ice dating back 10,000 years. This Pokémon has been around a long, long, long time."
WCCIcy Wind — 40
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
WWCCSnowstorm — 70
Does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon that has any damage counters on it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CCCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $2.28 | $3.99 | $41.77 | $3.97 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.24 | $2.82 | $48.00 | $4.06 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.00 |
| 7-day average | €3.97 |
| 30-day average | €2.29 |
| Low | €0.07 |
| Trend price | €3.05 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.35 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.45 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.26 |
| reverseHoloSell | €3.01 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.05 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.54 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.72 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Mamoswine is real?
Mamoswine 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 Mamoswine worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Mamoswine is $3.97; 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 Mamoswine from?
Mamoswine is from the Pokémon set "HS—Triumphant" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Mamoswine?
Mamoswine is a Rare Holo card in the HS—Triumphant set.
Other Mamoswine printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
