Hippowdon 80/189 · Astral Radiance

Hippowdon is Pokédex #450, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Hippowdon is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 150 HP. The card says it evolves from Hippopotas. In this catalog that name is Hippopotas (#449).

Hippowdon sits at 80/189 in Astral Radiance, position 80 of 216. Before it is 79 Hippopotas, and after it is 81 Radiant Hawlucha. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on May 27, 2022. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Bite lists 80 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Sand Breath is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Stones can get stuck in the ports on their bodies. Dwebble help dislodge such stones, so Hippowdon look after these Pokémon." The regulation mark is F.

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 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 9 other cards of Hippowdon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kyoko Umemoto. I count 174 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Astral Radiance set binder is where a full Astral Radiance 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.