Swinub 80/162 · BREAKthrough

BREAKthrough is a set in the XY series. It was released on November 4, 2015. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 165 cards. Swinub is 80/162, in position 80 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 79 Marowak BREAK, and after it is 81 Piloswine. The listed rarity is Common.

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

Atsuko Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 408 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 Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Swinub list a different HP.

The attack Powder Snow lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep. Mud-Slap is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "If it smells something enticing, it dashes off headlong to find the source of the aroma."

I keep a set binder for BREAKthrough, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the BREAKthrough set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swinub can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Atsuko Nishida cards, later series. I still need this card.