Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Aipom
HS—Unleashed · #43 · Common · 2010
Listings
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Market reference
$0.34
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 43 / 96
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Ambipom
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 190
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Aipom plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Tail Smash) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Aipom
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.04 copies on average · 23 decks
- Match win rate
- 26.6%
- -20.6 pts vs the 47.1% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Ambipom
in 100% of decks · 22 seen
Repel
in 45% of decks · 10 seen
Hyper Aroma
in 55% of decks · 12 seen
Team Rocket's Crobat ex
in 55% of decks · 12 seen
Team Rocket's Golbat
in 55% of decks · 12 seen
Team Rocket's Zubat
in 55% of decks · 12 seen
Team Rocket's Sneasel
in 45% of decks · 10 seen
Patrat
in 55% of decks · 12 seen
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Aipom?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It lives atop tall trees. When leaping from branch to branch, it deftly uses its tail for balance."
CTail Code
Move an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon to another of your opponent's Pokémon.
CCTail Smash — 30
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.19 | $0.32 | $19.98 | $0.34 | $0.25 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.47 | $1.49 | $25.60 | $1.44 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.20 |
| 7-day average | €0.38 |
| 30-day average | €1.76 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €3.20 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.58 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.56 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.52 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.93 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.45 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Aipom is real?
Aipom is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Aipom worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Aipom is $0.34; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Aipom from?
Aipom is from the Pokémon set "HS—Unleashed" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Aipom?
Aipom is a Common card in the HS—Unleashed set.
Other Aipom printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
