Rapidash 17/114 · Steam Siege

Steam Siege is a set in the XY series. It was released on August 3, 2016. The printed size is 114. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. Rapidash is 17/114, in position 17 of 116 on this checklist. Before it is 16 Ponyta, and after it is 18 Chimchar. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Rapidash is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 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).

Yukiko Baba illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

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 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Rapidash list a different HP.

The attack Rear Kick lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Fire Blast is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire. Discard a Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It gallops at nearly 150 mph. With its mane blazing ferociously, it races as if it were an arrow."

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