Hippowdon 69/156 · Ultra Prism

Hippowdon is Pokédex #450, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Hippowdon is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Hippopotas. In this catalog that name is Hippopotas (#449).

Hippowdon sits at 69/156 in Ultra Prism, position 69 of 178. Before it is 68 Hippopotas, and after it is 70 Passimian. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 2, 2018. The printed size is 156. This checklist is longer, at 178 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Sand Tomb lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Dust Cannon is another attack lists 100+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 10 more damage for each Colorless in your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "It blasts internally stored sand from ports on its body to create a towering twister for attack."

Hippowdon (#450) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 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 lists 110 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 13 other cards of Hippowdon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shigenori Negishi. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Ultra Prism set binder is where a full Ultra Prism 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.