Ninetales 199/197 · Obsidian Flames

Obsidian Flames is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on August 11, 2023. The printed size is 197. This checklist is longer, at 230 cards. Ninetales is 199/197, in position 199 of 230 on this checklist. Before it is 198 Gloom, and after it is 200 Palafin. The collector number is above the printed set size of 197. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

Ninetales is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 120 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).

SIE NANAHARA illustrated this card. The same name is on 11 other cards in the catalog.

Ninetales (#038) has 55 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 41 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 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Illustration Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and SIE NANAHARA illustrated this one. 47 other cards of Ninetales list a different HP.

The attack Will-O-Wisp lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Nine-Tailed Dance is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fire, Fire. Put 9 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Very smart and very vengeful. Grabbing one of its many tails could result in a 1,000-year curse." The regulation mark is G.

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