How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PAL 230/193 there. Its illustration is signed 5ban Graphics.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Paldea Evolved set, released here on 9 June 2023.

Paldea Evolved

Forretress ex PAL 230/193

PALJPUltra Rare

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PAL 230/193 there. Its illustration is signed 5ban Graphics.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Paldea Evolved set, released here on 9 June 2023.

When it came out

Paldea Evolved landed here on 9 June 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 10 March 2023, under the code SV1a + SV2P + SV2D. That is 91 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 270
Type: Grass
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: G
Number: 230/193
Set: Paldea EvolvedPALSet guide
Illustrated by: 5ban Graphics

Its Ability

Exploding Energyばくれつエナジー

Once during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 5 Basic Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck. If you searched your deck in this way, this Pokémon is Knocked Out.自分の番に1回使えて、使ったなら、このポケモンをきぜつさせる。自分の山札から「基本エネルギー」を5枚まで選び、自分のポケモンに好きなようにつける。そして山札を切る。

Its attacks

Guard Pressガードプレス

120

During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).次の相手の番、このポケモンが受けるワザのダメージは「-30」される。

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.

A strength
270 HP. Only 5 cards in Paldean Fates carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Exploding Energy. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,392 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.
Keep in mind
It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 1,244 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Keep in mind
Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

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.

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