Hitmontop (Wizards Promo 37)

Hitmontop LV.29
カポエラー Kapoerer
Fighting
HitmontopWizardsPromo37.jpg
Illus. Atsuko Nishida
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Hitmontop
Type Fighting
HP 60
weakness
Psychic×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
 
English expansion Wizards Black Star Promos
English card no. 37
Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Hitmontop.

Hitmontop (Japanese: カポエラー Kapoerer) is a Fighting-type Basic Pokémon card. It is one of the Wizards Black Star Promos.

Card text

   Repeating Kick [create category]
れんぞくキック
20×
Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
    Rapid Spin
こうそくスピン
30
If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and switches it with his or her Active Pokémon, then, if you have any Benched Pokémon, you switch 1 of them with your Active Pokémon. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon)


Pokédex data

Hitmontop - Handstand Pokémon
No. Height Weight
237 4'7" (1.4 m) 106 lbs. (48 kg)
Pokédex entry
It launches kicks while spinning. If it spins at high speed, it may bore its way into the ground.
くるくる回ってキックを放つ。高速で回っているとそのまま地面に潜っていく。


Release information

This card was released as a Wizards Black Star Promo through the Pokémon League in July 2001. In Japan, it was one of two Unnumbered Promotional cards given away to patrons of the Japanese theatrical screening of Spell of the Unown: Entei, released on July 8, 2000.

Trivia

The text on the bottom of the Japanese print's border reads: "Pikachu the Movie 2000 attendance present card."

Origin

Rapid Spin is a move in the Pokémon games that Hitmontop can learn. This card's flavor text comes from Pokémon Silver.


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