Hippowdon 94/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darkness Ablaze is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. Hippowdon is 94/189, in position 94 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 93 Hippopotas, and after it is 95 Rhyperior V. The listed rarity is Rare.

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

KEIICHIRO ITO illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

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. Both list the rarity Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and KEIICHIRO ITO illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 9 other cards of Hippowdon list a different HP.

The attack Triple Smash lists 80× damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 80 damage for each heads. Land Crush is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. 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 D.

I keep a set binder for Darkness Ablaze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Darkness Ablaze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hippowdon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.