Ninetales 31/264 · Fusion Strike

Fusion Strike is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 12, 2021. The printed size is 264. This checklist is longer, at 284 cards. Ninetales is 31/264, in position 31 of 284 on this checklist. Before it is 30 Ninetales, and after it is 32 Growlithe. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

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).

Tika Matsuno illustrated this card. The same name is on 48 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 Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Tika Matsuno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 47 other cards of Ninetales list a different HP.

Byway of the Nine-Tailed Fox is listed as Ability. The Retreat Cost of each of your Pokémon that has any Fire Energy attached is ColorlessColorless less. The attack Flame Tail lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. 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 E.

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