Ambipom 145/196 · Lost Origin

Lost Origin is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 9 September 2022. The printed size is 196. This checklist is longer, at 217 cards. Ambipom is 145/196, in position 145 of 217 on this checklist. Before it is 144 Aipom, and after it is 146 Hisuian Zoroark V. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Ambipom is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ambipom (#424), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Aipom. In this catalog that name is Aipom (#190).

Atsushi Furusawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 45 other cards in the catalog.

Ambipom (#424) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ambipom 3/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Atsushi Furusawa illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Ambipom list a different HP.

The attack All-You-Can-Grab lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. Search your deck for a number of cards up to the number of heads and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. Knock Off is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Discard a random card from your opponent's hand. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It uses its tails for everything. If it wraps both of its tails around you and gives you a squeeze, that's proof it really likes you." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Lost Origin, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Lost Origin set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ambipom can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.