Hippowdon 88/160 · Primal Clash

Hippowdon is Pokédex #450, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Hippowdon is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Hippopotas. In this catalog that name is Hippopotas (#449).

Hippowdon sits at 88/160 in Primal Clash, position 88 of 164. Before it is 87 Hippopotas, and after it is 89 Drilbur. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 4, 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Resistance Desert lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon by Pokémon-EX. Double-Edge is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "It blasts internally stored sand from ports on its body to create a towering twister for attack."

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 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 11 other cards of Hippowdon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Primal Clash set binder is where a full Primal Clash set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hippowdon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.