Ninetales 12/102 · Base

Base is a set in the Base series. It was released on January 9, 1999. The printed size is 102, and the checklist is the same length. Ninetales is 12/102, in position 12 of 102 on this checklist. Before it is 11 Nidoking, and after it is 13 Poliwrath. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Ninetales is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 32. In the Pokédex this is Ninetales (#038), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Vulpix. In this catalog that name is Vulpix (#037).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Ninetales (#038) has 55 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 40 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ninetales 13/130 in Base Set 2 (2000). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. 47 other cards of Ninetales list a different HP.

The attack Lure lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and switch it with his or her Active Pokémon. Fire Blast is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire. Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Ninetales in order to use this attack. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Very smart and very vengeful. Grabbing one of its many tails could result in a 1,000-year curse."

I keep a set binder for Base, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ninetales can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.