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Pinsir

Jungle 25/64 • rare

Set: Jungle
Number: 25/64
Rarity: Rare
Released: 1999
Energy type: grass energy
Market price: $17.77
Artist: Kagemaru Himeno

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20,475cards in the catalog

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2026first added to a collection

Market

What it's worth

$17.77market price via TCGplayer · Nov 3, 2026$17.59 – $19.57 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a rare card from the 1999 Jungle expansion, Pinsir represents one of the earliest additions to the original Pokémon Trading Card Game outside of the base set. Collectors prize this card for its classic Ken Sugimori artwork, which captures the distinct, aggressive design that made the Bug-type iconic in the generation one era.

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Card face

What it does

60 HPBasic

Cost: grass energy grass energyIrongrip20

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Cost: grass energy grass energy colorless energy colorless energyGuillotine50

Weaknessfire energy×2Retreatcolorless energy

If it fails to crush the victim in its pincers, it will swing its victim around and toss it hard.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
ExpandedNot legal
UnlimitedLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Released in 1999 as part of the Jungle expansion, the Pinsir card served as the second official set of the Pokémon Trading Card Game in English. Following the massive success of the Base Set, Jungle was designed to introduce Generation I creatures that had not appeared in the initial run, expanding the strategic options for players with new grass-type mechanics and unique abilities.

The artwork for this card was created by Mitsuhiro Arita, one of the most prolific and celebrated illustrators in the franchise's history. Arita utilized a distinct, grounded illustrative style that emphasized the creature's formidable pincers and intimidating presence, effectively capturing the rugged aesthetic of the forest environment associated with the Jungle set.

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About

About Pinsir

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