Pineco 1/198 · Scarlet & Violet

Scarlet & Violet is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 31, 2023. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 258 cards. Pineco is 1/198, in position 1 of 258 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Heracross. The listed rarity is Common.

Pineco is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Pineco (#204), generation 2 (Johto).

Shigenori Negishi illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

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). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Tomokazu Komiya illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Pineco list a different HP.

The attack Guard Press lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It spits out a fluid that it uses to glue tree bark to its body. The fluid hardens when it touches air." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Scarlet & Violet, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Scarlet & Violet set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Pineco can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.