Team Rocket Returns / #13/109

Piloswine

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Team Rocket Returns
Rarity (source): Rare
Illustrator: Tomokazu Komiya
Source reference: ex7-13

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The Pokémon’s story

Piloswine moves across ice with broad, pointed hooves despite its short legs. Its long, thick hair protects it from cold but almost entirely hides its eyes. It sometimes moves by charging, guided by surrounding sounds. Its tusks dig beneath ice for food. The Pokédex shows a Pokémon well equipped for winter whose useful fur also imposes a particular way of moving.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Y says Piloswine's long coat hides its eyes. Pokémon Shield explains that its hooves keep it from slipping. Protection from cold and balance on ice are therefore provided by two very different parts of its body.

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Card details

HP: 100
Type (source): Fighting
Stage (source): Stage1
Evolves from (printed name): Swinub
Pokédex number: 221
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Grass ×2

Printed card text — English

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Attacks

Sheer Cold

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 20

Flip a coin. If heads, each Defending Pokémon can't attack during your opponent's next turn.

Tonnage

Cost: Fighting · Fighting · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 60+

You may do 60 damage plus 40 more damage. If you do, Piloswine does 30 damage to itself.

Documented variants

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Reverse
Holographic
holo · standard
reverse · standard · set-logo

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