Ninetales 25/147 · Aquapolis

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 25/147 in Aquapolis, position 25 of 182. Before it is 24 Nidoking, and after it is 26 Octillery. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on January 15, 2003. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Miracle Tail lists 10 damage. The cost is Fire. Flip a coin. If heads, choose a Special Condition (Asleep, Burned, Confused, Paralyzed, or Poisoned). The Defending Pokémon is now affected by that Special Condition. Roasting Heat is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon is Burned, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage. 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 Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 47 other cards of Ninetales list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Aquapolis set binder is where a full Aquapolis 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.