Pokémon Trading Card Game Hippopotas

This official Pokémon Trading Card Game card features Hippopotas, the resilient Hippo Pokémon, as a Fighting-type Basic Pokémon. The artwork by Minahamu depicts it in its sandy desert habitat, referencing its Pokédex behavior of shrouding itself in sand to ward off germs and travel easily through the dunes.

Hippopotas is a tactical disruptor rather than a pure attacker. Its single attack, Push Down (cost: one Fighting Energy), deals 10 damage. More importantly, it has the effect: “Switch out your opponent’s Active Pokémon to the Bench. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.)” This can disrupt your opponent’s strategy by removing a powered-up attacker, forcing a less-ready Pokémon forward, or breaking favorable matchups.

Classified as a Common card (denoted by the circle symbol), it has 90 HP. It carries a Grass-type Weakness (x2), no Resistance, and a three-Colorless Energy Retreat Cost, reflecting its heavy, grounded form. This card is a useful tech inclusion for Fighting decks, offering early-game disruption and serving as the first step in the Hippopotas > Hippowdon evolution line.