Hippopotas

Hippopotas

Hippopotas appears in the English print of Darkness Ablaze, released on August 14, 2020. Hippopotas is a common rarity and 100 HP. The Darkness Ablaze set contains 201 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Shin Nagasawa.

Collector Insights

Hippopotas is a Fighting-type Pokémon with 100 HP, featuring a retreat cost of four Colorless energies. It appears in the Sword & Shield series, specifically the Darkness Ablaze set, released on August 14, 2020. The card’s flavor text describes a Pokémon that moves through sands by swallowing them and expelling the sand from its nose. It has no resistances but is weak to Grass-type attacks, which deal double damage. The card includes two attacks: Tackle, which costs one Colorless energy and deals 10 damage, and Double Stomp, requiring three Fighting and one Colorless energy to deal 70+ damage. The latter attack involves flipping two coins, adding 30 damage per heads result. The card’s regulation mark is D, and it is classified as a Common rarity. Artist Shin Nagasawa designed the card’s illustration.

It moves through the sands with its mouth open, swallowing sand along with its prey. It gets rid of the sand by spouting it from its nose.

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