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Before Gold and Silver were released in America, some of my classmates believed that Slugma and Swinub were Johto's fossil Pokémon. Assuming you were playing a game prior to Gen. 4 (ruling out Mamoswine), which of these would you choose if they were available as Starter Pokémon? Throwing in Corsola too since it learns Ancient Power and is listed next to them in the Pokédex.
Swinub.
Slugma/Magcargo I've had bad experiences with trying to use them on my team.
Even if Piloswine is the final evo for Swinub I'd prefer to use that. Never used Corsola on a team, but when trainers had it, it was usually just a nuisance Pokemon.