Hippopotas 84/203 · Evolving Skies

Hippopotas is Pokédex #449, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Hippopotas is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 100 HP. The card lists Hippowdon, Hippowdon (#450) under evolves to.

Hippopotas sits at 84/203 in Evolving Skies, position 84 of 237. Before it is 83 Medicham V, and after it is 85 Hippowdon. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 27 August 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Tackle lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Mud Shot is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon is active during the day and passes the cold desert nights burrowed snugly into the sand." The regulation mark is E.

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 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hippopotas 51/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yuya Oka illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 10 other cards of Hippopotas list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yuya Oka. I count 37 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Evolving Skies set binder is where a full Evolving Skies set goes. This card fills one slot there. 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 Night and moon Pokémon. I still need this card.