Hippopotas 51/130 · Diamond & Pearl

Diamond & Pearl is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 May 2007. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. Hippopotas is 51/130, in position 51 of 130 on this checklist. Before it is 50 Haunter, and after it is 52 Luxio. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Hippopotas is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 23. In the Pokédex this is Hippopotas (#449), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Hippowdon, Hippowdon (#450) under evolves to.

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 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 2008 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hippopotas 66/100 in Majestic Dawn (2008). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Kent Kanetsuna illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Hippopotas list a different HP.

The attack Yawn lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Sand Attack is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Fighting. 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 Water +10. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It lives in arid places. Instead of perspiration, it expels grainy sand from its body."

I keep a set binder for Diamond & Pearl, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Diamond & Pearl 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 Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Nap time. I still need this card.