Hitmontop 26/115 · Unseen Forces

Hitmontop is Pokédex #237, generation 2 (Johto). Hitmontop is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 70 HP.

Hitmontop sits at 26/115 in Unseen Forces, position 28 of 145. Before it is 25 Hitmonlee, and after it is 27 Ho-Oh. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Stages of Evolution is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Hitmontop is an Evolved Pokémon, is your Active Pokémon, and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Hitmontop is Knocked Out), put 2 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon. The attack Upward Kick lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon already has at least 2 damage counters on it, this attack does 20 damage plus 30 more damage. Spiral Kick is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Hitmontop (#237) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hitmontop 37/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Hisao Nakamura illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Hitmontop list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hisao Nakamura. I count 71 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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