Swinub 84/105 · Neo Destiny

Swinub is Pokédex #220, generation 2 (Johto). Swinub is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 13. The card lists Piloswine, Piloswine (#221) under evolves to.

Swinub sits at 84/105 in Neo Destiny, position 84 of 113. Before it is 83 Sunkern, and after it is 85 Totodile. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on February 28, 2002. The printed size is 105. This checklist is longer, at 113 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Generate Cold lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Grass ×2. Resistance is Lightning -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It moves with its sensitive nose pressed to the ground, always searching for food."

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 Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Swinub list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Neo Destiny set binder is where a full Neo Destiny 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.