Rapidash SWSH270/307 · SWSH Black Star Promos

SWSH Black Star Promos is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 15, 2019. The printed size is 307. This checklist is longer, at 304 cards. Rapidash is SWSH270/307, in position 270 of 304 on this checklist. Before it is SWSH269 Sunflora, and after it is SWSH271 Kirlia. The listed rarity is Promo.

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

aoki illustrated this card. The same name is on 18 other cards in the catalog.

Rapidash (#078) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 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 Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and aoki illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Rapidash list a different HP.

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.

I keep a set binder for SWSH Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the SWSH Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rapidash can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.