Hippopotas

Hippopotas

Hippopotas appears in the English print of Rising Rivals, released on May 16, 2009. Hippopotas is a common rarity and 70 HP. The Rising Rivals set contains 120 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by kawayoo.

Collector Insights

Hippopotas is a Fighting-type Pokémon with 70 HP. It has a retreat cost of two Colorless energy and a converted retreat cost of 2. The card features an artwork by artist kawayoo and is part of the Platinum series in the Rising Rivals set, released on May 16, 2009. Hippopotas has a resistance to Lightning attacks, reducing damage by 20, and a weakness to Water attacks, increasing damage by 10. Its attacks include Push Down, which costs one Colorless energy and deals 10 damage while forcing the opponent to switch the defending Pokémon with one of their Benched Pokémon. The second attack, Endeavor, requires two Colorless and one Fighting energy, dealing 30 damage plus 20 for each head from two flipped coins. The card’s flavor text describes it as shutting its nostrils tight to travel through sand, forming colonies of around ten. This Common rarity card offers strategic versatility through its dual attack options.

It shuts its nostrils tight then travels through sand as if walking. They form colonies of around ten.

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