Prismatic Evolutions / #052/131

Hippopotas

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Prismatic Evolutions
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: HYOGONOSUKE
Source reference: sv08.5-052

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Hippopotas lives in arid regions with others of its species. It closes its nostrils and moves beneath sand that protects it from the sun and microbes. By day, it can hunt with its mouth open, then expel through its nose the grains swallowed along the way. Cold nights drive it to bury itself more deeply to sleep. The Pokédex presents a desert inhabitant whose breathing, skin and movements are adapted to a changing environment.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Black mentions colonies of around ten Hippopotas. Pokémon Sword describes sand expelled through the nose after hunting with an open mouth. Its unusual way of moving thus brings the material of its habitat into its meal.

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Card details

HP: 90
Type (source): Fighting
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 449
Regulation mark: H
Retreat cost: 3 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.

Attacks

Tackle

Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 70

Documented variants

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Normal
Reverse
normal · standard
reverse · standard
reverse · pokeball · standard
reverse · masterball · standard

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