Dark Forretress 35/105 · Neo Destiny

Forretress is Pokédex #205, generation 2 (Johto). Dark Forretress is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 30. The card says it evolves from Pineco. In this catalog that name is Pineco (#204).

Dark Forretress sits at 35/105 in Neo Destiny, position 35 of 113. Before it is 34 Dark Flaaffy, and after it is 36 Dark Haunter. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on February 28, 2002. The printed size is 105. This checklist is longer, at 113 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Armor Up lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Until the end of your next turn, if Dark Forretress would be Knocked Out by damage from an attack, flip a coin. If heads, Dark Forretress is not Knocked Out and its remaining HP become 10 instead. Explosion is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. Dark Forretress does 60 damage to itself. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It stays motionless in trees, driving away with flying armored shards from its hard shell any who come close."

Forretress (#205) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 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 is named Forretress, while this one is Dark Forretress. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. CR CG gangs illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 23 other cards of Forretress list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Neo Destiny set binder is where a full Neo Destiny 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.