Hippopotas 68/156 · Ultra Prism

Ultra Prism is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 2, 2018. The printed size is 156. This checklist is longer, at 178 cards. Hippopotas is 68/156, in position 68 of 178 on this checklist. Before it is 67 Lucario, and after it is 69 Hippowdon. The listed rarity is Common.

Hippopotas is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Hippopotas (#449), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Hippowdon, Hippowdon (#450) under evolves to.

Yumi illustrated this card. The same name is on 24 other cards in the catalog.

Hippopotas (#449) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hippopotas 51/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yumi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 9 other cards of Hippopotas list a different HP.

The attack Eleventh Hour Tackle lists 50+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. If there are 3 or fewer cards in your deck, this attack does 130 more damage. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It enshrouds itself with sand to protect itself from germs. It does not enjoy getting wet."

I keep a set binder for Ultra Prism, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Ultra Prism set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hippopotas can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.