Legends Awakened

Forretress

LA28· Rare
Forretress LA 28

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What the card itself says

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

HP
90
Type
Metal
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
+20
Resistance
-20
Number
28/146
Set
Legends AwakenedLA
Illustrated by
Kent Kanetsuna

Its Ability

Iron Shell

Whenever you attach a basic Energy card from your hand to Forretress (excluding effects of attacks), you may flip a coin. If tails, put 2 damage counters on each Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's) (excluding any Forretress).

Its attacks

Explosion

100

Forretress does 40 damage to itself.

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.

  1. A strength

    It has an Ability, Iron Shell. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire +20. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 914 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.

When it came out

Legends Awakened landed here on 1 August 2008.

Every set, with both of its dates

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.

See every Forretress card and its price