Aipom 43/95 · HS—Unleashed

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 43/95 in HS—Unleashed, position 43 of 96. Before it is 42 Wartortle, and after it is 44 Beldum. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on May 12, 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Tail Code lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Move an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon to another of your opponent's Pokémon. Tail Smash is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives atop tall trees. When leaping from branch to branch, it deftly uses its tail for balance."

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 Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Aipom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HS—Unleashed set binder is where a full HS—Unleashed 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.