Forretress 56/144 · Skyridge

Skyridge is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. Forretress is 56/144, in position 56 of 182 on this checklist. Before it is 55 Farfetch'd, and after it is 57 Gastly. The listed rarity is Common.

Forretress is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Forretress (#205), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Pineco. In this catalog that name is Pineco (#204).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Forretress (#205) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Forretress 2/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. CR CG gangs illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 19 other cards of Forretress list a different HP.

Exoskeleton is listed as Poké-Body. All damage done by attacks to Forretress is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Shell Rupture lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Colorless. This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Double Spin is another attack lists 40× damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for Skyridge, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Skyridge set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Forretress can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.