Pineco 68/95 · Call of Legends

Call of Legends is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 9 February 2011. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 106 cards. Pineco is 68/95, in position 68 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 67 Pidgey, and after it is 69 Relicanth. The listed rarity is Common.

Pineco is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Pineco (#204), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Forretress, Forretress (#205) under evolves to.

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 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 Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Pineco list a different HP.

The attack Focus Energy lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. During your next turn, Pineco's Surprise Attack attack's base damage is 80. Surprise Attack is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It likes to make its shell thicker by adding layers of tree bark. The additional weight doesn't bother it."

I keep a set binder for Call of Legends, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Call of Legends 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.