AttackFreeze
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can't attack. (Benching or evolving the Defending Pokémon ends this effect.)
Piloswine 44/111 · Neo Genesis
Neo Genesis is a set in the Neo series. It was released on 16 December 2000. The printed size is 111, and the checklist is the same length. Piloswine is 44/111, in position 44 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 43 Phanpy, and after it is 45 Quagsire. The listed rarity is Uncommon.
Piloswine is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 36. 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.
Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 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 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Piloswine 36/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Piloswine list a different HP.
The attack Freeze lists 10 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can't attack. (Benching or evolving the Defending Pokémon ends this effect.) Blizzard is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water. 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 own Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Grass ×2. Resistance is Lightning -30. 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 Neo Genesis, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Neo Genesis 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.
Card facts
- Number
- 44/111
- Set
- Neo Genesis
- Series
- Neo
- Released
- 16 December 2000
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Stage 1
- HP
- 80
- Type
- Water
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex
- Piloswine (#221)
- Level
- 36
- Evolves from
- Swinub
- Evolves to
- Mamoswine
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Resistance
- Lightning -30
- Retreat
- 3
Attacks and card text
AttackBlizzard
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 own Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Flavor text
Because the long hair all over its body obscures its sight, it just keeps charging repeatedly.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Piloswine from?
Neo Genesis, in the Neo series. It was released on 16 December 2000. The printed size is 111.
What is the collector number?
44/111. It is entry 44 of 111 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Ken Sugimori. The catalog lists 1,112 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Uncommon.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Piloswine #221, generation 2 (Johto).
Which attacks are printed?
Freeze (10) and Blizzard (30).