Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Pineco
Legends Awakened · #113 · Common · 2008
Listings
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Market reference
$0.26
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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
- 113 / 146
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Forretress
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 204
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- 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
Also does
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 (Selfdestruct) 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 ≥25 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 — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Pineco?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It looks just like a pinecone. Its shell protects it from bird Pokémon that peck it by mistake."
CTackle — 10
GCSelfdestruct — 40
This attack does 10 damage to each Benched Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Pineco does 50 damage to itself.
Weakness:R+10
Retreat cost:C
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.13 | $0.27 | $19.28 | $0.26 | $0.20 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.03 | $2.53 | $42.80 | $1.94 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.99 |
| 7-day average | €0.19 |
| 30-day average | €0.10 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.22 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.38 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.89 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.08 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.98 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.08 |
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 $0.26; 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 "Legends Awakened" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Pineco?
Pineco is a Common card in the Legends Awakened set.
Other Pineco printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
