Piloswine 48/102 · HS—Triumphant

HS—Triumphant is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 3 November 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. Piloswine is 48/102, in position 48 of 103 on this checklist. Before it is 47 Pidgeotto, and after it is 49 Porygon2. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Piloswine is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Piloswine (#221), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Swinub. In this catalog that name is Swinub (#220). The card lists Mamoswine, Mamoswine (#473) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Piloswine (#221) 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 Piloswine 44/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Piloswine list a different HP.

The attack Blizzard lists 40 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Hammer In is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Because the long hair all over its body obscures its sight, it just keeps charging repeatedly."

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