Aipom 55/102 · 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. Aipom is 55/102, in position 55 of 103 on this checklist. Before it is 54 Yanmega, and after it is 56 Aron. The listed rarity is Common.

Aipom is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Aipom (#190), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Ambipom, Ambipom (#424) under evolves to.

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

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 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Aipom list a different HP.

The attack Imitate lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Draw cards until you have the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent. Tail Punch is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its tail is so powerful that it can use it to grab a tree branch and hold itself up in the air."

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. Aipom can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.