Aipom 70/123 · 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. Aipom is 70/123, in position 70 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 69 Abra, and after it is 71 Aron. The listed rarity is Common.

Aipom is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 17. In the Pokédex this is Aipom (#190), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Ambipom, Ambipom (#424) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Aipom (#190) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Aipom 26/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Aipom list a different HP.

The attack Tail Whap lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Throw Off is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Before doing damage, discard all Pokémon Tool cards attached to that Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It uses its tail to pluck fruits that are out of reach. Its tail is more adept than its real hands."

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. Aipom can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.