Hippowdon #25/111

Rising Rivals · Platinum · Rare · 2009

Market price: $2.33 (TCGplayer, raw)

Pokémon · Stage 1 · Type: Fighting · 110 HP · Evolves from Hippopotas

Illustrated by Tomoaki Imakuni

Market price by printing

Printing	TCGplayer (USD)	Cardmarket (EUR)
Normal	$0.96	€0.24
Reverse Holo	$2.33	€0.88

Raw (ungraded) market prices, refreshed several times a day. Updated 2026-10-14.

Abilities

Sand Cover (Poké-Body)
As long as Hippowdon is your Active Pokémon, put 1 damage counter on each of your opponent's Pokémon LV.X between turns.

Attacks

Save Sand — 20+ (Colorless)
Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Hippowdon. Before doing damage, you may search your discard pile for a Fighting Energy card and attach it to Hippowdon.

Groundquake — 80 (Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless)
Does 10 damage to each Benched Pokémon that isn't an Evolved Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon).