Vulpix 102/127 · Platinum

Vulpix is Pokédex #037, generation 1 (Kanto). Vulpix is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 12. The card lists Ninetales, Ninetales (#038) under evolves to.

Vulpix sits at 102/127 in Platinum, position 102 of 133. Before it is 101 Turtwig, and after it is 103 Wurmple. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Reheat lists no damage number. Discard up to 2 Energy cards from your hand. For each card you discarded, draw 2 cards. Confuse Ray is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Water +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It controls balls of fire. As it grows, its six tails split from their tips to make more tails."

Vulpix (#037) has 51 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 42 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vulpix 68/102 in Base (1999). Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 36 other cards of Vulpix list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Platinum set binder is where a full Platinum set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Vulpix can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.