Forretress H8/144 · Skyridge

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

Forretress sits at H8/144 in Skyridge, position 158 of 182. Before it is H7 Flareon, and after it is H9 Gengar. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Spinning Blow lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. If both coins are heads, switch Forretress with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Scatterbomb is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. For each heads, do 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. For each tails, do 10 damage to each of your own Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2.

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. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. CR CG gangs illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 19 other cards of Forretress list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Skyridge set binder is where a full Skyridge set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Forretress can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.