How many Forretress cards are there?

There are 24 Forretress cards, printed between 2001 and 2025 across 18 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Forretress card has the best artwork?

That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Forretress art first, however common or rare the card.

Who illustrates Forretress cards?

16 illustrators have drawn Forretress. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 4, followed by Midori Harada and CR CG gangs.

What was the first Forretress card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Neo Discovery, released in 2001. 9 of its 24 cards are Rare.

No. 205 · Johto · Bug/Steel

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Forretress is a Bug/Steel-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 205 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2001 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 24
Sets: 18
Printed: 2001–2025
Illustrators: 16

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The strongest Forretress art

01/06
Forretress ex
Paldea Evolved · 2023
Drawn by 5ban Graphics
Ultra Rare
02/06
Forretress
Lost Thunder · 2018
Drawn by tetsuya koizumi
Rare
03/06
Forretress
Undaunted · 2010
Drawn by Kyoko Umemoto
Holo Rare
04/06
Forretress
Flashfire · 2014
Drawn by Tomokazu Komiya
Rare
05/06
Forretress
Destined Rivals · 2025
Drawn by Wintr Wandr
Uncommon
06/06
Forretress
Temporal Forces · 2024
Drawn by osare
Uncommon

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Which is the better picture?

Two Forretress cards, side by side.

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Forretress by scene

Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Forretress cards, the artwork that shows it most first.

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How Forretress gets drawn

Forretress is usually drawn nostalgic, often spinning.

Across 20 Forretress artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

Nostalgic9 of 20 artworks Spinning3 of 20 artworks

Drawn against type

The Forretress pictures least like the rest.

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2001–2025

Forretress through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

2001 Neo Discovery
2002 Neo Destiny
2003 Skyridge
2005 Unseen Forces
2006 POP Series 3
2008 Legends Awakened
2009 Rising Rivals
2010 Undaunted
2011 Call of Legends
2014 Flashfire
2018 Lost Thunder
2020 Vivid Voltage
2023 Paldea Evolved
2024 Paldean Fates
2025 Destined Rivals

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Every Forretress card

24 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Forretress in numbers

Cards: 24
Sets: 18since Neo Discovery
Illustrators: 16most by 5ban Graphics
Printed: 2001–2025
Printed as: Basic, Stage 1
HP on card: 60–270

They span 18 sets, from Neo Discovery to Destined Rivals. 16 illustrators have drawn it, most often 5ban Graphics, Midori Harada and CR CG gangs. It has been printed as Basic and Stage 1.

Who draws Forretress

16 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

18 sets, by how many Forretress cards each holds.

6 more sets

Rarity

Rare9Uncommon6Holo Rare3Common2Double rare2Shiny Ultra Rare1

Questions

How many Forretress cards are there?: There are 24 Forretress cards, printed between 2001 and 2025 across 18 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Forretress card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Forretress art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Forretress cards?: 16 illustrators have drawn Forretress. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 4, followed by Midori Harada and CR CG gangs.
What was the first Forretress card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Neo Discovery, released in 2001. 9 of its 24 cards are Rare.