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Hippowdon

Darkness Ablaze / #94/189

Hippowdon

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Darkness Ablaze
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
KEIICHIRO ITO
Source reference
swsh3-94

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.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
150
Type (source)
Fighting
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Hippopotas
Pokédex number
450
Regulation mark
D
Retreat cost
4 Energy
Weakness (source)
Grass ×2

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

Stones can get stuck in the ports on their bodies. Dwebble help dislodge such stones, so Hippowdon look after these Pokémon.

Attacks

Triple Smash

Cost: Fighting · Fighting · Colorless

Damage: 80×

Flip 3 coins. This attack does 80 damage for each heads.

Land Crush

Cost: Fighting · Fighting · Fighting · Colorless

Damage: 150

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard

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