Pokémon · Black & White
Piloswine
Plasma Storm · #27 · Uncommon · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.41
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 27 / 138
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Swinub
- Evolves to
- Mamoswine
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Suwama Chiaki
- Pokédex #
- 221
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Piloswine plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Quintuple Headbutt) 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 ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Piloswine
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 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
- 2.29 copies on average · 21 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.2%
- -6.0 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.
Building around Piloswine?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"With its excellent sense of smell, it's even able to find mushrooms that are buried under frozen ground."
WCIce Beam — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
WWCCQuintuple Headbutt — 40×
Flip 5 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Piloswine or Plasma Storm.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Piloswine was legal.
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 2026/07/28| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.20 | $0.40 | $19.98 | $0.41 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.23 | $2.00 | $19.98 | $1.35 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.25 |
| 7-day average | €0.35 |
| 30-day average | €0.31 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.29 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.21 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.38 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.96 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.20 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Piloswine is real?
Piloswine 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 Piloswine worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Piloswine is $0.41; 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 Piloswine from?
Piloswine is from the Pokémon set "Plasma Storm" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Piloswine?
Piloswine is a Uncommon card in the Plasma Storm set.
Other Piloswine printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
