Rapidash 62/165 · Expedition Base Set

Rapidash is Pokédex #078, generation 1 (Kanto). Rapidash is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Ponyta. In this catalog that name is Ponyta (#077).

Rapidash sits at 62/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 62 of 165. Before it is 61 Raichu, and after it is 63 Skarmory. 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 Overrun lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of them and this attack does 10 damage to it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Flame Tail is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2.

Rapidash (#078) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Rapidash 44/64 in Jungle (1999). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Rapidash list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 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. Rapidash can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.