Aipom 169/236 · Cosmic Eclipse

Cosmic Eclipse is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 1, 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 272 cards. Aipom is 169/236, in position 170 of 272 on this checklist. Before it is 168 Igglybuff, and after it is 170 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.

Miki Tanaka illustrated this card. The same name is on 192 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 Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Aipom list a different HP.

Scampering Tail is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may put the top card of your opponent's deck on the bottom of their deck without looking at it. The attack Tail Smack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "As it did more and more with its tail, its hands became clumsy. It makes its nest high in the treetops."

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