Pinsir 29/130 · Base Set 2

Pinsir is Pokédex #127, generation 1 (Kanto). Pinsir is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 24.

Pinsir sits at 29/130 in Base Set 2, position 29 of 130. Before it is 28 Pidgeotto, and after it is 30 Snorlax. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on February 24, 2000. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Irongrip lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Guillotine is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "If it fails to crush the victim in its pincers, it will swing its victim around and toss it hard."

Pinsir (#127) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Pinsir 9/64 in Jungle (1999). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. 19 other cards of Pinsir list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Base Set 2 set binder is where a full Base Set 2 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Pinsir can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.