Hippowdon 4 (Rising Rivals 42)

Hippowdon LV.52 カバルドン四[してんのう] Kabaldon 4 [Elite]

Elite Four's Pokémon Illus. Kagemaru Himeno

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Hippowdon Type Fighting HP 90 weakness ×2 resistance -20 retreat cost Expansion Rising Rivals Rarity English card no. 42/111 Japanese Deck Kit Infernape vs Gallade SP Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Infernape Half Deck Japanese card no. 007/018 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Hippowdon.

Hippowdon (Japanese: カバルドン四[してんのう] Kabaldon 4 [Elite]) is a Fighting-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Rising Rivals expansion.

Card text

Sand Armor

すなのよろい

If Hippowdon has any Energy attached to it, any damage done to Hippowdon by attacks is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Bite and Crush

かんでつぶす

30+

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each heads.

Trivia

Origin

Elite Four member Bertha owns a level 52 female Hippowdon in Pokémon Platinum. The card's artwork, however, depicts a male Hippowdon, which is brown while a female is gray, and contradicts the game's gender difference for Hippowdon.

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