Aipom 51/100 · Majestic Dawn

Majestic Dawn is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2008. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. Aipom is 51/100, in position 51 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 50 Aipom, and after it is 52 Bronzor. The listed rarity is Common.

Aipom is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 15. In the Pokédex this is Aipom (#190), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Ambipom, Ambipom (#424) under evolves to.

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

Aipom (#190) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 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 Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Aipom list a different HP.

The attack Scratch lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Last Resort is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. 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 Majestic Dawn, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Majestic Dawn 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.