Pinsir 1/99 · Next Destinies

Pinsir is Pokédex #127, generation 1 (Kanto). Pinsir is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 80 HP.

Pinsir sits at 1/99 in Next Destinies, position 1 of 103. The next card is 2 Seedot. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on February 8, 2012. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Power Pinch lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. For each heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Grip and Squeeze is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It grips prey with its pincers until the prey is torn in half. What it can't tear, it tosses far."

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). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 22 other cards of Pinsir list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Next Destinies set binder is where a full Next Destinies 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.