Hippopotas 66/100 · 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. Hippopotas is 66/100, in position 66 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 65 Glameow, and after it is 67 Kabuto. The listed rarity is Common.

Hippopotas is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 25. In the Pokédex this is Hippopotas (#449), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Hippowdon, Hippowdon (#450) under evolves to.

Kent Kanetsuna illustrated this card. The same name is on 74 other cards in the catalog.

Hippopotas (#449) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hippopotas 51/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kent Kanetsuna illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Hippopotas list a different HP.

The attack Grainy Sand lists 10+ damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage. Double-edge is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Hippopotas does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Water +10. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It enshrouds itself with sand to protect itself from germs. It does not enjoy getting wet."

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. Hippopotas can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.