Hippowdon 85/203 · Evolving Skies

Evolving Skies is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. Hippowdon is 85/203, in position 85 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 84 Hippopotas, and after it is 86 Roggenrola. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

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).

Eri Yamaki illustrated this card. The same name is on 39 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. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Eri Yamaki illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 9 other cards of Hippowdon list a different HP.

The attack Hammer In lists 120 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Sand Press is another attack lists 220 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "When roused to violence by its rage, it spews out the quantities of sand it has swallowed and whips up a sandstorm." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Evolving Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Evolving Skies 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.