Ambipom 13/102 · HS—Triumphant

HS—Triumphant is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on November 3, 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. Ambipom is 13/102, in position 13 of 103 on this checklist. Before it is 12 Victreebel, and after it is 14 Banette. The listed rarity is Rare.

Ambipom is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ambipom (#424), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Aipom. In this catalog that name is Aipom (#190).

Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 other cards in the catalog.

Ambipom (#424) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ambipom 3/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Ambipom list a different HP.

The attack Astonish lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Choose 2 cards from your opponent's hand without looking. Look at the cards you chose, then have your opponent shuffle those cards into his or her deck. Tail Spank is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 cards from your hand. (If you can't discard 2 cards from your hand, this attack does nothing.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They live on large trees. They are said to communicate by connecting their tails to those of others."

I keep a set binder for HS—Triumphant, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Triumphant set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ambipom can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.