Hitmontop 22/75 · Neo Discovery

Hitmontop is Pokédex #237, generation 2 (Johto). Hitmontop is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 31.

Hitmontop sits at 22/75 in Neo Discovery, position 22 of 75. Before it is 21 Forretress, and after it is 23 Houndoom. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on June 1, 2001. The printed size is 75, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Detect lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting. Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Hitmontop. Triple Kick is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "If you become enchanted by its smooth, elegant, dancelike kicks, you may get drilled hard."

Hitmontop (#237) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 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. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Hitmontop list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sumiyoshi Kizuki. I count 212 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Neo Discovery set binder is where a full Neo Discovery set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hitmontop can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.