Rapidash 13/112 · FireRed & LeafGreen

FireRed & LeafGreen is a set in the EX series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 112. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. Rapidash is 13/112, in position 13 of 116 on this checklist. Before it is 12 Raichu, and after it is 14 Slowbro. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Rapidash is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Rapidash (#078), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Ponyta. In this catalog that name is Ponyta (#077).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Rapidash (#078) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Rapidash 44/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 30 other cards of Rapidash list a different HP.

Fiery Aura is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Rapidash is your Active Pokémon, put 4 damage counters instead of 2 on Burned Pokémon between turns. The attack Searing Flame lists 10 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Rear Kick is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for FireRed & LeafGreen, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the FireRed & LeafGreen set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rapidash can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.