Ninetales 22/101 · Hidden Legends

Ninetales is Pokédex #038, generation 1 (Kanto). Ninetales is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Vulpix. In this catalog that name is Vulpix (#037).

Ninetales sits at 22/101 in Hidden Legends, position 22 of 102. Before it is 21 Metang, and after it is 23 Rain Castform. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on June 1, 2004. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 102 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Safeguard is listed as Poké-Body. Prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Ninetales by your opponent's Pokémon-ex. The attack Quick Attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage. Will-o'-the-wisp is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. 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). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Toshinao Aoki illustrated this one. 52 other cards of Ninetales list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Toshinao Aoki. I count 57 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Hidden Legends set binder is where a full Hidden Legends 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.