Ninetales 57/165 · Expedition Base Set

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

Ninetales sits at 57/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 57 of 165. Before it is 56 Mewtwo, and after it is 58 Pichu. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Mislead lists no damage number. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. If either of them is heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Ethereal Flame is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard all Fire Energy cards attached to Ninetales. This attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each card discarded this way. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Ninetales (#038) has 55 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 41 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ninetales 12/102 in Base (1999). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 47 other cards of Ninetales list a different HP.

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

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