Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Pineco
Call of Legends · #68 · Common · 2011
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$0.33
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 68 / 106
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Forretress
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kyoko Umemoto
- Pokédex #
- 204
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Pineco plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Surprise Attack) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Pineco
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 1 decks
Building around Pineco?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It likes to make its shell thicker by adding layers of tree bark. The additional weight doesn't bother it."
CFocus Energy
During your next turn, Pineco's Surprise Attack attack's base damage is 80.
GCSurprise Attack — 40
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.08 | $0.28 | $19.36 | $0.33 | $0.19 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $30.00 | $31.87 | $80.00 | $1.25 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.14 |
| 7-day average | €0.18 |
| 30-day average | €0.54 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.62 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.29 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €12.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.57 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.70 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.89 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Pineco is real?
Pineco is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Pineco worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Pineco is $0.33; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Pineco from?
Pineco is from the Pokémon set "Call of Legends" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Pineco?
Pineco is a Common card in the Call of Legends set.
Other Pineco printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
