Ninetales 23/202 · Sword & Shield

Sword & Shield is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 7, 2020. The printed size is 202. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Ninetales is 23/202, in position 23 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Vulpix, and after it is 24 Torkoal V. The listed rarity is 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).

Megumi Higuchi illustrated this card. The same name is on 17 other cards in the catalog.

Ninetales (#038) has 55 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 40 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 Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Megumi Higuchi illustrated this one. 47 other cards of Ninetales list a different HP.

The attack Flame Cloak lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire. Attach a Fire Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon. Fire Mane is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is said to live 1,000 years, and each of its tails is loaded with supernatural powers." The regulation mark is D.

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