Pokémon · Black & White
Hippopotas
Next Destinies · #65 · Common · 2012
Listings
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Market reference
$0.16
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 65 / 103
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Hippowdon
- Retreat cost
- 4 energy
- Illustrator
- match
- Pokédex #
- 449
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Hippopotas 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 (Bite) 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 Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥45 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 4 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Hippopotas
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 4 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Building around Hippopotas?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It shuts its nostrils tight then travels through sand as if walking. They form colonies of around ten."
FSand Jet
Does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
FCCBite — 30
Weakness:W×2
Resistance:L-20
Retreat cost:CCCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Hippopotas or Next Destinies.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Hippopotas was legal.
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 2026/06/30| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.23 | $19.98 | $0.16 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.25 | $0.62 | $19.98 | $0.65 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.05 |
| 7-day average | €0.22 |
| 30-day average | €0.13 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.19 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.37 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.46 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.66 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.18 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.46 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Hippopotas is real?
Hippopotas 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 Hippopotas worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Hippopotas is $0.16; 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 Hippopotas from?
Hippopotas is from the Pokémon set "Next Destinies" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Hippopotas?
Hippopotas is a Common card in the Next Destinies set.
Other Hippopotas printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
