Swinub 79/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Swinub is Pokédex #220, generation 2 (Johto). Swinub is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Piloswine, Piloswine (#221) under evolves to.

Swinub sits at 79/109 in Team Rocket Returns, position 79 of 111. Before it is 78 Spinarak, and after it is 80 Voltorb. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 1, 2004. The printed size is 109. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Tackle lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Rest is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Remove all Special Conditions and all damage counters from Swinub. Swinub is now Asleep. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Swinub list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Tomokazu Komiya. I count 248 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket Returns set binder is where a full Team Rocket Returns set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swinub can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.