Ponyta 64/82 · Team Rocket

Ponyta is Pokédex #077, generation 1 (Kanto). Ponyta is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 15. The card lists Rapidash, Rapidash (#078) under evolves to.

Ponyta sits at 64/82 in Team Rocket, position 64 of 83. Before it is 63 Oddish, and after it is 65 Psyduck. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Ember lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Ponyta in order to use this attack. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A gentle grass-eater, it will allow riders on its back. However, anyone attempting to do so must be careful not to get burned."

Ponyta (#077) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ponyta 60/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Ponyta list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket set binder is where a full Team Rocket set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ponyta can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.