Rapidash 28/99 · Arceus

Rapidash is Pokédex #078, generation 1 (Kanto). Rapidash is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 41. The card says it evolves from Ponyta. In this catalog that name is Ponyta (#077).

Rapidash sits at 28/99 in Arceus, position 28 of 111. Before it is 27 Raichu, and after it is 29 Raticate. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Wild Guard is listed as Poké-Body. Prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Rapidash by your opponent's Pokémon SP. The attack Fire Mane lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Rising Lunge is another attack lists 50+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Water +20.

Rapidash (#078) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 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. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Lee HyunJung illustrated this one. 30 other cards of Rapidash list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Lee HyunJung. I count 28 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Arceus set binder is where a full Arceus set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rapidash can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.