Pokémon · E-Card
Piloswine
Skyridge · #43 · Uncommon · 2003
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Market reference
$9.82
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 43 / 182
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Swinub
- Evolves to
- Mamoswine
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Shin-ichi Yoshida
- Pokédex #
- 221
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 13.33 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 (Impaling Tusk) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Swinub; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Piloswine
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Shin-ichi Yoshida
This card was illustrated by Shin-ichi Yoshida.
Building around Piloswine?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
FCCImpaling Tusk — 40
FFCCContinuous Charge — 30+
Flip 4 coins. This attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each heads. Put a damage counter on Piloswine for each heads.
Weakness:G×2
Resistance:L-30
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $12.00 | $19.97 | $68.80 | $9.82 | $63.03 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $39.98 | $64.50 | $65.00 | $64.98 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.95 |
| 7-day average | €1.89 |
| 30-day average | €1.71 |
| Low | €0.45 |
| Trend price | €2.19 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.36 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.95 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €35.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €10.42 |
| reverseHoloSell | €7.16 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.99 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €7.95 |
| Reverse holo trend | €12.37 |
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 $9.82; 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 "Skyridge" in the E-Card series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Piloswine?
Piloswine is a Uncommon card in the Skyridge set.
Other Piloswine printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
