Aipom 26/111 · Neo Genesis

Neo Genesis is a set in the Neo series. It was released on December 16, 2000. The printed size is 111, and the checklist is the same length. Aipom is 26/111, in position 26 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 25 Sneasel, and after it is 27 Ariados. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Aipom is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 18. In the Pokédex this is Aipom (#190), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Ambipom, Ambipom (#424) under evolves to.

Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 38 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 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Aipom 41/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). Both list 40 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated that card, and Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Aipom list a different HP.

The attack Pilfer lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Shuffle Aipom and all cards attached to it into your deck. Flip a coin. If heads, shuffle a card from your discard pile into your deck. Tail Rap is another attack lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. 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 Neo Genesis, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Neo Genesis 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.