Forretress 60/106 · Flashfire

Flashfire is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 7, 2014. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 110 cards. Forretress is 60/106, in position 60 of 110 on this checklist. Before it is 59 Scrafty, and after it is 61 Durant. The listed rarity is Rare.

Forretress is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Forretress (#205), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Pineco. In this catalog that name is Pineco (#204).

Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this card. The same name is on 248 other cards in the catalog.

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 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. CR CG gangs illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Forretress list a different HP.

Thorn Tempest is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may put 1 damage counter on each of your opponent's Pokémon. The attack Iron Crash lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 20 more damage for each Colorless in your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It is encased in a steel shell. Its peering eyes are all that can be seen of its mysterious innards."

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