Swinub 79/102 · 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. Swinub is 79/102, in position 79 of 103 on this checklist. Before it is 78 Swablu, and after it is 80 Tentacool. 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.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 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 Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 10 other cards of Swinub list a different HP.

The attack Headbutt lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Ice Ball is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It rubs its snout on the ground to find and dig up food. It sometimes discovers hot springs."

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. Swinub can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.