Pokémon · XY
Piloswine
BREAKthrough · #81 · Uncommon · 2015
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Market reference
$0.26
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 81 / 165
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Swinub
- Evolves to
- Mamoswine
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- MAHOU
- Pokédex #
- 221
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Piloswine plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Push Down) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Swinub; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Piloswine
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.27 copies on average · 22 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.2%
- -9.0 pts vs the 47.3% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by MAHOU
This card was illustrated by MAHOU.
Building around Piloswine?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Because the long hair all over its body obscures its sight, it just keeps charging repeatedly."
FCPush Down — 30
Your opponent switches his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.
FCCGathering Footsteps — 30+
This attack does 10 more damage for each Colorless in the Retreat Cost of your Swinub, Piloswine, and Mamoswine.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Piloswine was legal.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.05 | $0.26 | $19.98 | $0.26 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.25 | $0.50 | $19.98 | $0.46 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.10 |
| 7-day average | €0.15 |
| 30-day average | €0.16 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.75 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.88 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.14 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.60 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.86 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Piloswine is real?
Piloswine is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Piloswine worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Piloswine is $0.26; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Piloswine from?
Piloswine is from the Pokémon set "BREAKthrough" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Piloswine?
Piloswine is a Uncommon card in the BREAKthrough set.
Other Piloswine printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
