Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Hippowdon
Majestic Dawn · #21 · Rare · 2008
Listings
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Market reference
$1.83
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 21 / 100
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Hippopotas
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Kent Kanetsuna
- Pokédex #
- 450
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Hippowdon plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Hippopotas; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Hippowdon
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 1 decks
More by Kent Kanetsuna
This card was illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna.
Building around Hippowdon?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its huge mouth is almost seven feet across. It has enough power to completely crush a car."
Vacuum Sand — 20
Search your discard pile for a Fighting Energy card and attach it to Hippowdon.
FCCSand Impact — 50+
Flip a coin for each Fighting Energy attached to Hippowdon. This attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage for each heads.
Weakness:W+20
Retreat cost:CCC
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.00 | $1.53 | $34.90 | $1.83 | $1.68 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.65 | $3.00 | $56.80 | $2.63 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.42 |
| 7-day average | €0.82 |
| 30-day average | €0.90 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.57 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.32 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.48 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.29 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.22 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.72 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.48 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.27 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Hippowdon is real?
Hippowdon 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 Hippowdon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Hippowdon is $1.83; 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 Hippowdon from?
Hippowdon is from the Pokémon set "Majestic Dawn" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Hippowdon?
Hippowdon is a Rare card in the Majestic Dawn set.
Other Hippowdon printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
