Aipom 144/196 · Lost Origin

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 144/196 in Lost Origin, position 144 of 217. Before it is 143 Snorlax, and after it is 145 Ambipom. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on September 9, 2022. The printed size is 196. This checklist is longer, at 217 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Mischievous Tail lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Look at the top card of your opponent's deck. You may have your opponent shuffle their deck. Scratch is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "This treetop dweller possesses a tail as dexterous as a hand. Ancient writings describe this Pokémon as a one-armed oddity." The regulation mark is F.

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 Common. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Aipom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Lost Origin set binder is where a full Lost Origin 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.