Unseen Forces
Forretress
We are not buying this printing at the moment.
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Versions of this card
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 70
- Type
- Metal
- Stage
- Stage 1
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Weakness
- ×2
- Resistance
- -30
Its attacks
Spiky Shell
20Put 3 damage counters on the Defending Pokémon at the end of your opponent's next turn.
Pop
100Put 7 damage counters on Forretress. Move all Energy cards attached to Forretress to your Benched Pokémon in any way you like. (Ignore this effect if you don't have any Benched Pokémon.)
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- None of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 816 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Who plays it
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 24 Forretress cards on one page, priciest first.