PiplupLV.9
ポッチャマPochama |  |
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| Japanese Deck Kit | Entry Pack | | Japanese Half Deck | Empoleon Half Deck | |
| For more information on this Pokémon's species, seePiplup. |
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Piplup (Japanese:ポッチャマPochama) is aWater-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of theDiamond & Pearl expansion.
Card text
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage.
Pokédex data
Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold.
プライドが たかく ひとから たべものを もらう ことを きらう。ながい うぶげが さむさを ふせぐ。
Release information
This card was included in theDiamond & Pearl expansion with artwork byKen Sugimori, first released in the JapaneseSpace-Time Creation expansion. It was later included in the Empoleon Half Deck of the JapaneseEntry Pack. In Japan, the card was reprinted as a promotional mini card as part of a7-Eleven Poké Ball Lottery campaign in March 2007. This version, measuring 4.5cm × 6.5cm, was randomly packaged with certain 7-Eleven products in select stores. Also in March 2007, a Cosmos Holofoil print was one of the cards available in the US2007 Spring Collector's Tins as a special sneak preview before the actual release of the expansion. It was subsequently released outside the US inSpecial Edition Blisters later that year. A limited Cosmos Holofoil variant of the Diamond & Pearl print was also given to attendees of the 2007Pokémon USA annual distributor meeting in San Diego. This print features a gold foil globe with "San Diego 07" in the bottom right corner of the artwork. A promotional Mirror Reverse Holofoil variant with a "Diamond & Pearl" stamp was also released as part of a Burger King promotion in July 2008.
This card was reprinted with different artwork byAtsuko Nishida as aDP Black Star Promo. It was released in June 2007 in theDiamond & Pearl Blisters. The Japanese version was released through aMeiji Chocolate promotion in February 2007.
It was reprinted again inPOP Series 6 with different artwork by Atsuko Nishida. The Japanese version was available as part of the Trade Please DP event held at venues hosting the 25th Next Generation World Hobby Fair in January and February 2007. Visitors could trade any 1 Pokémon card (including International cards and Japanese cards with a classic reverse) with attendants present at the Pokémon booth for 1 of 8 promotional cards at random. Promotional cards,Trainer cards, andEnergy cards were specifically excluded from the trade. The Diamond & Pearl print was later reprinted in the Manaphy Half Deck of theDiamond & Pearl Trainer Kit. Cosmos Holofoil variants of the POP Series 6 print were released in June 2008 in theStarter Blister Packs, and again in August 2008 in theDiamond & Pearl Collection.
The card was reprinted yet again inPOP Series 8 with different artwork by Atsuko Nishida, the Japanese version available through a McDonald's promotion in May 2007. Cosmos Holofoil variants of the Diamond & Pearl print were available again in theClassic Trio Boxes in January 2009, as well as being made available in several European countries as part of various Summer tour events taking place between July and October 2009.
During the Sword & Shield Series, aJumbo version of the Diamond & Pearl print was one of three cards available in copies of theSinnoh First Partner Pack, released on July 9, 2021 to commemorate the25th Anniversary of the Pokémon franchise. This print features a foil Pokémon 25th Anniversary logo in the bottom right corner of the illustration window.
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Trivia
Origin
Peck is amove in thePokémon games thatPiplup can learn. This card'sPokédex entry comes fromPokémon Diamond.
