Pokémon · Mega Evolution
Swinub
Phantasmal Flames · #23 · Common · 2025
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Market reference
$0.07
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 23 / 130
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Piloswine
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- imoniii
- Pokédex #
- 220
- Series
- Mega Evolution
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 (Icy Snow) 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 ≥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.
How to beat Swinub
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥35 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 · 46 decks
- Match win rate
- 40.3%
- -6.9 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Illustrated by imoniii
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."
CStampede — 10
WCIcy Snow — 20
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 Phantasmal Flames.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Swinub was legal.
4to Torneo Tropical Beach
today
SEASAC League Cup #1 (SEASON 4) [150 CODES]
today
TOURNAMENT OF DOOM! DRAGAPULT IS....
today
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today
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today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Swinub
Tournaments scanned
293
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Swinub
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 2026/07/09| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.12 | $19.98 | $0.07 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.20 | $19.98 | $0.11 | $0.01 |
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 $0.07; 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 "Phantasmal Flames" in the Mega Evolution series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Swinub?
Swinub is a Common card in the Phantasmal Flames set.
Other Swinub printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
