Hitmontop 5/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

HeartGold & SoulSilver is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Hitmontop is 5/123, in position 5 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Gyarados, and after it is 6 Jumpluff. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Hitmontop is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Hitmontop (#237), generation 2 (Johto).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

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). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Hitmontop list a different HP.

The attack Triple Kick lists 20× damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Close Combat is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Hitmontop by attacks is increased by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It launches kicks while spinning. If it spins at high speed, it may bore its way into the ground."

I keep a set binder for HeartGold & SoulSilver, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hitmontop can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.