Swinub 26/135 · Plasma Storm

Plasma Storm is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on February 6, 2013. The printed size is 135. This checklist is longer, at 138 cards. Swinub is 26/135, in position 26 of 138 on this checklist. Before it is 25 Articuno-EX, and after it is 27 Piloswine. The listed rarity is Common.

Swinub is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Swinub (#220), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Piloswine, Piloswine (#221) under evolves to.

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Swinub (#220) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Swinub 79/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 10 other cards of Swinub list a different HP.

The attack Double Headbutt lists 20× damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Rooting the tip of its snout into the ground, it searches for food. Sometimes, it even digs up a hot spring."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Storm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Storm set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swinub can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.