Majestic Dawn / #21/100

Hippowdon

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Majestic Dawn
Rarity (source): Rare
Illustrator: Kent Kanetsuna
Source reference: dp5-21

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Hippowdon stores sand inside its body and expels it through pores in its skin to raise great storms. It opens its jaws wide to intimidate a rival and quickly becomes angry when provoked. Yet it accepts help from Dwebble, which remove pebbles blocking its openings. The Pokédex thus connects power capable of reshaping the desert air with a small cleaning partnership on which it depends.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sword describes Dwebble clearing stones caught in Hippowdon's pores. Pokémon Shield connects those same openings with the sandstorms it raises. The channels used for its attack therefore also need maintenance provided by other Pokémon.

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Card details

HP: 100
Type (source): Fighting
Stage (source): Stage1
Evolves from (printed name): Hippopotas
Pokédex number: 450
Retreat cost: 3 Energy
Weakness (source): Water +20

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Description from the source

Its huge mouth is almost seven feet across. It has enough power to completely crush a car.

Attacks

Vacuum Sand

Damage: 20

Search your discard pile for a Fighting Energy card and attach it to Hippowdon.

Sand Impact

Cost: Fighting · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 50+

Flip a coin for each Fighting Energy attached to Hippowdon. This attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage for each heads.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

Normal
Reverse
normal · standard
reverse · standard

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