Rising Rivals · #25 · 2009
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$0.95
Steady · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 10, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Rising Rivals
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Right now Hippowdon trades at $0.95 for the Normal printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 76th most valuable of Rising Rivals's 120 priced cards. The set's top card is Snorlax LV.X at $1,000. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $0.70 then, $0.95 now (up 35.7%). A year ago it sat around $0.78; today's $0.95 is 21.8% higher. The last 90 days have been quiet — it's held near $0.95. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $0.96 (August 2026) and as low as $0.69 (May 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $0.95 up to $0.96. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Reverse Holofoil at $2.33 prices separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €0.27 on Cardmarket.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $0.95 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $2.33
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Poké-Body Sand Cover
As long as Hippowdon is your Active Pokémon, put 1 damage counter on each of your opponent's Pokémon LV.X between turns.
Save Sand20+
Cost: Colorless
Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Hippowdon. Before doing damage, you may search your discard pile for a Fighting Energy card and attach it to Hippowdon.
Groundquake80
Cost: Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless
Does 10 damage to each Benched Pokémon that isn't an Evolved Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon).
About $0.95 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 10, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Pretty flat over the last 3 months — it's held around $0.95 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 22%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $0.96 — that was August 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €0.27 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $0.95 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Hippowdon (Rising Rivals #25). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
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