Aipom 56/78 · Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on July 1, 2022. The printed size is 78. This checklist is longer, at 88 cards. Aipom is 56/78, in position 56 of 88 on this checklist. Before it is 55 Snorlax, and after it is 57 Ambipom. 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.

Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this card. The same name is on 158 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 Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Aipom list a different HP.

The attack Bustle lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon. Slap is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It searches for prey from the tops of trees. When it spots its favorite food, Bounsweet, Aipom gets excited and pounces." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Pokémon GO, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Pokémon GO 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.