Hitmontop 72/172 · Brilliant Stars

Brilliant Stars is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 25, 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. Hitmontop is 72/172, in position 72 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 71 Alcremie, and after it is 73 Nosepass. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Hitmontop is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Hitmontop (#237), generation 2 (Johto).

ryoma uratsuka illustrated this card. The same name is on 46 other cards in the catalog.

Hitmontop (#237) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hitmontop 37/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and ryoma uratsuka illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Hitmontop list a different HP.

The attack Spinning Draw lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Draw a card. Cyclone Kick is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It launches kicks while spinning. If it spins at high speed, it may bore its way into the ground." The regulation mark is F.

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