Hippopotas 87/160 · Primal Clash

Primal Clash is a set in the XY series. It was released on February 4, 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. Hippopotas is 87/160, in position 87 of 164 on this checklist. Before it is 86 Primal Groudon-EX, and after it is 88 Hippowdon. The listed rarity is Common.

Hippopotas is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Hippopotas (#449), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Hippowdon, Hippowdon (#450) under evolves to.

Yuka Morii illustrated this card. The same name is on 204 other cards in the catalog.

Hippopotas (#449) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hippopotas 51/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yuka Morii illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 9 other cards of Hippopotas list a different HP.

The attack Tackle lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Rolling Tackle is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It enshrouds itself with sand to protect itself from germs. It does not enjoy getting wet."

I keep a set binder for Primal Clash, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Primal Clash set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hippopotas can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). Themed lists that include this exact card are Yuka Morii clay cards. I still need this card.