Rapidash 8/102 · HS—Triumphant

HS—Triumphant is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on November 3, 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. Rapidash is 8/102, in position 8 of 103 on this checklist. Before it is 7 Porygon-Z, and after it is 9 Solrock. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Rapidash is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 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).

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 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 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Rapidash list a different HP.

Fiery Spirit is listed as Poké-Body. Rapidash can't be Confused. The attack Ring of Fire lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned and can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "At full gallop, its four hooves barely touch the ground because it moves so incredibly fast."

I keep a set binder for HS—Triumphant, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Triumphant 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.