Ninetales 20/95 · HS—Unleashed

HS—Unleashed is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on May 12, 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. Ninetales is 20/95, in position 20 of 96 on this checklist. Before it is 19 Lucario, and after it is 21 Poliwrath. The listed rarity is Rare.

Ninetales is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ninetales (#038), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Vulpix. In this catalog that name is Vulpix (#037).

Hajime Kusajima illustrated this card. The same name is on 206 other cards in the catalog.

Ninetales (#038) has 55 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 40 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 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 45 other cards of Ninetales list a different HP.

The attack Heat Acceleration lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Search your discard pile for up to 3 Fire Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Pokémon. Searing Flame is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Some legends claim that each of its nine tails has its own unique type of special mystical power."

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