Hippowdon LV.X 107/111 · Rising Rivals

Hippowdon is Pokédex #450, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Hippowdon LV.X is a Level-Up Fighting Pokémon with 130 HP. The card lists level X. The card says it evolves from Hippowdon. In this catalog that name is Hippowdon (#450).

Hippowdon LV.X sits at 107/111 in Rising Rivals, position 107 of 120. Before it is 106 Gallade E4 LV.X, and after it is 108 Infernape E4 LV.X. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo LV.X.

Sand Reset is listed as Poké-Power. Once during a game on your turn (before your attack), each player shuffles all cards in play (excluding Pokémon and Supporter cards) into his or her deck. You can't use more than 1 Sand Reset Poké-Power each game. The attack Double Shoot lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 Fighting Energy attached to Hippowdon and choose 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. This attack does 40 damage to each of them. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: Put this card onto your Active Hippowdon. Hippowdon LV.X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous level.

Hippowdon (#450) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hippowdon 29/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card is named Hippowdon, while this one is Hippowdon LV.X. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo LV.X. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Shizurow illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 11 other cards of Hippowdon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shizurow. I count 79 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Rising Rivals set binder is where a full Rising Rivals set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hippowdon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). Themed lists that include this exact card are Pokémon LV.X. I still need this card.