Rapidash 27/162 · Temporal Forces

Temporal Forces is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 22 March 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. Rapidash is 27/162, in position 27 of 218 on this checklist. Before it is 26 Ponyta, and after it is 28 Slugma. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Rapidash is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 110 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).

Ryota Murayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 55 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 110 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ryota Murayama illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Rapidash list a different HP.

The attack Combustion lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Inferno Onrush is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself. Weakness is Water ×2. 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 H.

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