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Hitmontop

Diamond & Pearl

Legends Awakened · #101 · Common · 2008

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Card facts

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Set position: 101 / 146
Release year: 2008
Rarity: Common
HP: 80
Subtype: Basic
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Illustrator: Masakazu Fukuda
Pokédex #: 237
Series: Diamond & Pearl

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role: Attacker
Damage efficiency: 50 damage; 16.67 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 Hitmontop 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 (Gut Spin) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Fighting type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.

How to beat Hitmontop

Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 1 copies on average · 6 decks

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About this card

HP: 80Type:FFightingSubtype: Basic

"It fights while spinning like a top. The centrifugal force boosts its destructive power by ten."

FCTriple Kick — 20×

Flip 3 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.

FCCGut Spin — 50

If Tyrogue is anywhere under Hitmontop, you may switch Hitmontop with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

Weakness:P+20

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

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 2026/07/03

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$0.30	$0.52	$19.98	$0.63	—
Reverse Holofoil	$8.73	$9.20	$89.80	$2.85	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/01/16

Variant	Price
1-day average	€0.05
7-day average	€0.32
30-day average	€0.32
Low	€0.02
Trend price	€0.30
Low (excellent+)	€0.10
Reverse holo low	€0.49
reverseHoloAvg1	€2.99
Reverse holo 7-day	€1.40
reverseHoloSell	€2.99
averageSellPrice	€0.36
Reverse holo 30-day	€1.20
Reverse holo trend	€1.41

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Hitmontop is real?

Hitmontop 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 Hitmontop worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Hitmontop is $0.63; 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 Hitmontop from?

Hitmontop is from the Pokémon set "Legends Awakened" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.

What rarity is Hitmontop?

Hitmontop is a Common card in the Legends Awakened set.