Ambipom 3/123 · Mysterious Treasures

Mysterious Treasures is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on August 1, 2007. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Ambipom is 3/123, in position 3 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Alakazam, and after it is 4 Azelf. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Ambipom is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 36. In the Pokédex this is Ambipom (#424), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Aipom. In this catalog that name is Aipom (#190).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Ambipom (#424) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2008 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ambipom 35/100 in Majestic Dawn (2008). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Ambipom list a different HP.

The attack Tail Influence lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent flips a coin until he or she gets heads. For each tails, remove an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon and put it on the bottom of your opponent's deck. Charity Tail is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Before Ambipom does damage, your opponent may discard 2 cards from his or her hand. If he or she does, this attack's base damage is 10 instead of 80. Weakness is Fighting +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "To eat, it deftly shucks nuts with its two tails. It rarely uses its arms now."

I keep a set binder for Mysterious Treasures, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Mysterious Treasures set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ambipom can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.