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Forretress
HS—Undaunted 3/90 • holo-rare
- Set
- HS—Undaunted
- Number
- 3/90
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- Released
- 2010
- Energy type
- metal energy
- Finish
- Cosmos
- Market price
- $3.82
- Artist
- Kyoko Umemoto
What it does
If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
Does 30 damage times the number of Pineco and Forretress you have in play. This attack does 30 damage to each of your Pineco and Forretress in play.
Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside this shell is a total mystery.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
The Forretress card from the HS—Undaunted expansion was released in 2010 as part of the HeartGold & SoulSilver series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This set leaned heavily into the aesthetics and mechanics of the Johto region, featuring iconic dual-type mechanics and a specific art style that emphasized the transition between the retro-styled base sets and the more modern, aggressive card designs of the Black & White era.
The artwork for this Holo Rare card was illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna. Known for his work across the Pokémon franchise, Kanetsuna utilized a sharp, high-contrast style that highlights the metallic, segmented armor of Forretress. The card was designed to function as a defensive asset, reflecting the creature's status as a Steel-type Pokémon in the games, and it was received by players as a niche tactical choice due to its specific 'Ferrothorn-adjacent' utility in limited competitive formats at the time.
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