Forretress 13/90 · HS—Undaunted

Forretress is Pokédex #205, generation 2 (Johto). Forretress is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Pineco. In this catalog that name is Pineco (#204).

Forretress sits at 13/90 in HS—Undaunted, position 13 of 91. Before it is 12 Drifblim, and after it is 14 Hariyama. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on August 18, 2010. The printed size is 90. This checklist is longer, at 91 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Spike Spread lists no damage number. The cost is Metal. This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Gyro Ball is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless. You may switch Forretress with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. If you do, your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It remains immovably rooted to its tree. It scatters pieces of its hard shell to drive its enemies away."

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). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. CR CG gangs illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno 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 Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HS—Undaunted set binder is where a full HS—Undaunted 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.