Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Swinub
HS—Triumphant · #79 · Common · 2010
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.30
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 79 / 103
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Piloswine
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 220
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
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.
- Its main attack (Ice Ball) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- 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.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Swinub
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.22 copies on average · 36 decks
- Match win rate
- 40.1%
- -7.1 pts vs the 47.2% 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 Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Swinub?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It rubs its snout on the ground to find and dig up food. It sometimes discovers hot springs."
WHeadbutt — 10
CCIce Ball — 20
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.09 | $0.32 | $19.30 | $0.30 | $0.19 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.51 | $1.39 | $19.98 | $1.25 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.22 |
| 7-day average | €0.30 |
| 30-day average | €0.19 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.23 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.74 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.70 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.45 |
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 $0.30; 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 "HS—Triumphant" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Swinub?
Swinub is a Common card in the HS—Triumphant set.
Other Swinub printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
