Pinsir 168/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Pinsir is Pokédex #127, generation 1 (Kanto). Pinsir is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 110 HP.

Pinsir sits at 168/167 in Twilight Masquerade, position 168 of 226. Before it is 167 Legacy Energy, and after it is 169 Sunflora. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 24 May 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 167. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

The attack Slow Crunch lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Discard all Energy from this Pokémon. At the end of your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon will be Knocked Out. Superpowered Horns is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "These Pokémon judge one another based on pincers. Thicker, more impressive pincers make for more popularity with the opposite gender." The regulation mark is H.

Pinsir (#127) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 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 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Illustration Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Yukihiro Tada illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 20 other cards of Pinsir list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yukihiro Tada. I count 5 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Twilight Masquerade set binder is where a full Twilight Masquerade set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Pinsir can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Bug Pokémon. I still need this card.