Pinsir 75/147 · Supreme Victors

Supreme Victors is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on August 19, 2009. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. Pinsir is 75/147, in position 75 of 153 on this checklist. Before it is 74 Numel, and after it is 76 Plusle. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Pinsir is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 32. In the Pokédex this is Pinsir (#127), generation 1 (Kanto).

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

Pinsir (#127) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Pinsir 9/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 23 other cards of Pinsir list a different HP.

The attack Gripthrow lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent returns the Defending Pokémon and all cards attached to it to his or her hand. Sever is another attack lists 50+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon is a Stage 2 Pokémon, this attack does 50 damage plus 30 more damage. Weakness is Fire +20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It grips prey with its pincers until the prey is torn in half. What it can't tear, it tosses far."

I keep a set binder for Supreme Victors, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Supreme Victors set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Pinsir can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.