Forretress 110/162 · Temporal Forces

Forretress is Pokédex #205, generation 2 (Johto). Forretress is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Pineco. In this catalog that name is Pineco (#204).

Forretress sits at 110/162 in Temporal Forces, position 110 of 218. Before it is 109 Roaring Moon, and after it is 111 Scizor ex. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 22, 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Spike Cannon lists 30× damage. The cost is Metal. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30 damage for each heads. Steel Tackle is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon also does 40 damage to itself. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside this shell is a total mystery." The regulation mark is H.

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 lists 80 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. CR CG gangs illustrated that card, and osare illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Forretress list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads osare. I count 10 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Temporal Forces set binder is where a full Temporal Forces 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.