Hitmontop 88/185 · Vivid Voltage

Vivid Voltage is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 13 November 2020. The printed size is 185. This checklist is longer, at 203 cards. Hitmontop is 88/185, in position 88 of 203 on this checklist. Before it is 87 Donphan, and after it is 89 Regirock. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Hitmontop is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Hitmontop (#237), generation 2 (Johto).

Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this card. The same name is on 158 other cards in the catalog.

Hitmontop (#237) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hitmontop 37/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Hitmontop list a different HP.

The attack Cycle Draw lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Discard a card from your hand. If you do, draw 3 cards. Tornado Kick is another attack lists 50+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. If you played Bea from your hand during this turn, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It launches kicks while spinning. If it spins at high speed, it may bore its way into the ground." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Vivid Voltage, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Vivid Voltage set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hitmontop can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.