Aipom 67/147 · Aquapolis

Aipom is Pokédex #190, generation 2 (Johto). Aipom is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Ambipom, Ambipom (#424) under evolves to.

Aipom sits at 67/147 in Aquapolis, position 67 of 182. Before it is 66 Wooper, and after it is 68 Bellsprout. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on January 15, 2003. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Stretch Tail lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and this attack does 10 damage to it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Skedaddle is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Return Aipom and all basic Energy cards attached to it to your hand. If you have no Benched Pokémon, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Aipom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Aquapolis set binder is where a full Aquapolis set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Aipom can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.