Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Swinub
Journey Together · #165 · Illustration Rare · 2025
Listings
No active listings
From
—
Market reference
$3.44
TCGPlayer
Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 165 / 190
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Piloswine
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Nakamura Ippan
- Pokédex #
- 220
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 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.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥35 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.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Swinub
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.22 copies on average · 49 decks
- Match win rate
- 39.6%
- -7.6 pts vs the 47.1% 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.
Building around Swinub?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It searches for food by digging into the ground with its snout. Even frozen ground doesn't give it any trouble."
CCall for Family
Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.
FLunge Out — 10
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Swinub or Journey Together.
🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
Aug 6, 2026
6# Circuito CarroTCG/Prof. Fili
Aug 6, 2026
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 50 Codes
Aug 6, 2026
🟢Jolly Good Weekly #1 (50 Codes!)🎴
Aug 7, 2026
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #66 PTCG Live
Aug 7, 2026
Oceania Open: NO DRAGAPULT!? | S3 Wk6
Aug 7, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Swinub was legal.
SEASAC League Challenge #10 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
Hyper Training Cup_Online #1
today
REFINE Summer Series Session 6: Charizard Edition
today
Zard-Pokénight #012
today
Hideout TCG MID-WEEK Meta Clash 50 codes
today
⚡Surge's TCG Vault Webcam Wednesdays! #18⚡
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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $1.75 | $3.70 | $99.99 | $3.44 | $3.59 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.98 |
| 7-day average | €2.03 |
| 30-day average | €2.22 |
| Low | €0.95 |
| Trend price | €2.15 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.24 |
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 $3.44; 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 "Journey Together" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Swinub?
Swinub is a Illustration Rare card in the Journey Together set.
Other Swinub printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
