Popplio (MEP Promo 45)

Popplio   アシマリ Ashimari

Illus. Saboteri

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Popplio Type Water HP 70 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion MEP Black Star Promos English card no. 045 Japanese expansion M-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 121/M-P For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Popplio.

Popplio (Japanese: アシマリ Ashimari) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon card. It is one of the MEP Black Star Promos.

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• Card text
  • Pokédex data
• Release information
• Trivia
  • Origin
• References

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Card text

Disarming Voice

チャームボイス

20

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.

Pokédex data

Popplio - Sea Lion Pokémon

Pokédex entry

This Pokémon snorts body fluids from its nose, blowing balloons to smash into its foes. It's famous for being a hard worker.

頑張り屋な 性質で 有名。 体液を 鼻で 膨らませた バルーンを 敵に ぶつける。

Release information

This card is part of a series of Holofoil Full Art illustration rare-style cards that depict first partner Pokémon, released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise. Each card in this series features the Pokémon 30th Anniversary logo.

In mainland China, this card is released as a 30th-P Promotional card in the "30th Anniversary Celebration — First Partner Pokémon Special Illustration Holofoil Card Set Vol. 1" product, which includes a random selection of nine Holofoil Full Art cards depicting the first partner Pokémon from the Kanto, Sinnoh, and Alola regions. This card is released internationally as an MEP Black Star Promotional card included in the First Partner Illustration Collection Series 1, released on March 20, 2026, the same date as the mainland China release.

In Japan, this card is released in the 30th CELEBRATION Card Set Rowlet & Litten & Popplio product on October 16, 2026.

Trivia

This card forms a combined illustration with the MEP Promotional Rowlet and Litten, together representing the first partner Pokémon trio of the Alola region.

Origin

Disarming Voice is a move in the Pokémon games that Popplio can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Sun.

The illustration features various elements and locations from the Generation VII games:

• Various locations on and around Poni Island:
  • The Altar of the Sunne.
  • The Seafolk Village, including the Huntail-shaped ship, the Wailord-shaped floating restaurant, and the Magikarp-shaped ship that takes the player to Exeggutor Island.
• The Sun Flute and the Moon Flute, which can be found on Exeggutor Island.
• The Z-Crystals Ghostium Z, Dragonium Z, Icium Z, Fairium Z, Buginium Z, Groundium Z, and Darkinium Z.
• A Z-Ring.
• Various locations on Akala Island:
  • The volcano on which the Wela Volcano Park is situated.
  • Alola Route 7 and the entrance to the Dividing Peak Tunnel.

Additionally, the artwork depicts the Moon in the background, which, together with the Sun on the MEP Promotional Rowlet card, represents the Generation VII games Pokémon Sun and Moon.

References

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.