Pineco 71/97 · Dragon

Pineco is Pokédex #204, generation 2 (Johto). Pineco is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists Forretress, Forretress (#205) under evolves to.

Pineco sits at 71/97 in Dragon, position 71 of 100. Before it is 70 Numel, and after it is 72 Slugma. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 24, 2003. The printed size is 97. This checklist is longer, at 100 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

Exoskeleton is listed as Poké-Body. Any damage done to Pineco by attacks is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Tackle lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Pineco (#204) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Pineco 61/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Tomokazu Komiya illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 16 other cards of Pineco list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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