Hoppip 96/91 · Paldean Fates

Paldean Fates is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on January 26, 2024. The printed size is 91. This checklist is longer, at 245 cards. Hoppip is 96/91, in position 96 of 245 on this checklist. Before it is 95 Scyther, and after it is 97 Skiploom. The collector number is above the printed set size of 91. The listed rarity is Shiny Rare.

Hoppip is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Hoppip (#187), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Skiploom, Skiploom (#188) under evolves to.

Saya Tsuruta illustrated this card. The same name is on 123 other cards in the catalog.

Hoppip (#187) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2023. The earliest other card is Hoppip 61/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Shiny Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Saya Tsuruta illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Hoppip list a different HP.

The attack Splashing Dodge lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon is blown across vast distances by the wind. It is unclear where the Hoppip of Paldea originally came from." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Paldean Fates, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Paldean Fates set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hoppip can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.