Aipom SM244/248 · SM Black Star Promos

Aipom is Pokédex #190, generation 2 (Johto). Aipom is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Ambipom, Ambipom (#424) under evolves to.

Aipom sits at SM244/248 in SM Black Star Promos, position 247 of 251. Before it is SM243 Regigigas, and after it is SM245 Mismagius. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Yank Out lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Discard random cards from your opponent's hand until they have 5 cards in their hand. Tail Smash is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. 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."

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 Promo. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Shibuzoh. illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Aipom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shibuzoh.. I count 100 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

SM Black Star Promos set binder is where a full SM Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Aipom can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.