Rapidash 22/195 · Silver Tempest

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 22/195 in Silver Tempest, position 22 of 215. Before it is 21 Ponyta, and after it is 23 Victini. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 11, 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Heat Boost is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may discard a Fire Energy card from your hand in order to use this Ability. During this turn, your Fire Pokémon's attacks do 30 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Fire Mane lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon can be seen galloping through fields at speeds of up to 150 mph, its fiery mane fluttering in the wind." The regulation mark is F.

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. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Megumi Higuchi illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Rapidash list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Megumi Higuchi. I count 17 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Silver Tempest set binder is where a full Silver Tempest 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.