Rapidash 18/181 · Team Up

Rapidash is Pokédex #078, generation 1 (Kanto). Rapidash is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Ponyta. In this catalog that name is Ponyta (#077).

Rapidash sits at 18/181 in Team Up, position 18 of 198. Before it is 17 Ponyta, and after it is 19 Moltres. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 1, 2019. The printed size is 181. This checklist is longer, at 198 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Searing Flame lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned. Agility is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Very competitive, this Pokémon will chase anything that moves fast in the hopes of racing it."

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 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Rapidash list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shigenori Negishi. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Up set binder is where a full Team Up 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.