Hippopotas 83/162 · BREAKthrough

Hippopotas is Pokédex #449, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Hippopotas is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists Hippowdon, Hippowdon (#450) under evolves to.

Hippopotas sits at 83/162 in BREAKthrough, position 83 of 165. Before it is 82 Mamoswine, and after it is 84 Gallade. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on November 4, 2015. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 165 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Nose Jet lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. 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."

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 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 13 other cards of Hippopotas list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Akira Komayama. I count 239 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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