Hippowdon 29/130 · Diamond & Pearl

Hippowdon is Pokédex #450, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Hippowdon is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 110 HP. The card lists level 45. The card says it evolves from Hippopotas. In this catalog that name is Hippopotas (#449).

Hippowdon sits at 29/130 in Diamond & Pearl, position 29 of 130. Before it is 28 Heracross, and after it is 30 Lopunny. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 May 2007. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Vacuum Up lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Sand Eject is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. During your next turn, if an attack does damage to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), that attack does 40 more damage. Weakness is Water +20. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 3. 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 2008 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hippowdon 21/100 in Majestic Dawn (2008). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Kent Kanetsuna illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Hippowdon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Diamond & Pearl set binder is where a full Diamond & Pearl 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.