Hitmontop (HeartGold & SoulSilver 5)

Hitmontop
カポエラー Kapoerer

Call of Legends print
Illus. Shigenori Negishi

Evolution stage

Basic Pokémon

Card name

Hitmontop

Type

Fighting

HP

60

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	HeartGold & SoulSilver
Rarity
English card no.	5/123
Japanese expansion	SoulSilver Collection
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	049/070

Expansion	Call of Legends
Rarity
English card no.	8/95

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 was first released as part of the HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion.

Card text

Triple Kick

トリプルキック

20×

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

Close Combat

インファイト

60

During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Hitmontop by attacks is increased by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Pokédex data

Hitmontop - Handstand Pokémon

No.

237

Height

4'07" (1.4 m)

Weight

105.8 lbs. (48.0 kg)

Pokédex entry

It launches kicks while spinning. If it spins at high speed, it may bore its way into the ground.

くるくるまわってキックをはなつ。こうそくでまわっているとそのままじめんにもぐっていく。

Release information

This card was released in the HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion, originating from the Japanese SoulSilver Collection. It was reprinted in the Call of Legends expansion with new artwork by Shigenori Negishi. An exclusive Non Holofoil version of this print was included in the Retort Theme Deck.

Gallery

HeartGold & SoulSilver print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

Call of Legends print
Illus. Shigenori Negishi

Trivia

Origin

Triple Kick and Close Combat are both moves in the Pokémon games that Hitmontop can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon SoulSilver.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.