Hypno 83/198 · Scarlet & Violet

Scarlet & Violet is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 31 March 2023. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 258 cards. Hypno is 83/198, in position 83 of 258 on this checklist. Before it is 82 Drowzee, and after it is 84 Ralts. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Hypno is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Hypno (#097), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Drowzee. In this catalog that name is Drowzee (#096).

Toshinao Aoki illustrated this card. The same name is on 57 other cards in the catalog.

Hypno (#097) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hypno 8/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Toshinao Aoki illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Hypno list a different HP.

The attack Pendulum Influence lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic. Flip a coin. If heads, choose an attack from 1 of your opponent's Pokémon in play and use it as this attack. Psychic Sphere is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Always holding a pendulum that it swings at a steady rhythm, it causes drowsiness in anyone nearby." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Scarlet & Violet, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Scarlet & Violet set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hypno can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.