Hippowdon E4 42/111 · Rising Rivals

Hippowdon is Pokédex #450, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Hippowdon E4 is a Basic SP Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 52.

Hippowdon E4 sits at 42/111 in Rising Rivals, position 42 of 120. Before it is 41 Glaceon, and after it is 43 Infernape E4. 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 Uncommon.

Sand Armor is listed as Poké-Body. If Hippowdon E4 has any Fighting Energy attached to it, any damage done to Hippowdon E4 by attacks is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Bite and Crush lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 2.

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 E4. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 13 other cards of Hippowdon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 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). I still need this card.