Ponyta 21/195 · Silver Tempest

Silver Tempest is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 11 November 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. Ponyta is 21/195, in position 21 of 215 on this checklist. Before it is 20 Arcanine, and after it is 22 Rapidash. The listed rarity is Common.

Ponyta is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ponyta (#077), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Rapidash, Rapidash (#078) under evolves to.

Teeziro illustrated this card. The same name is on 70 other cards in the catalog.

Ponyta (#077) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ponyta 60/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Teeziro illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Ponyta list a different HP.

The attack Take Down lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It can't run properly when it's newly born. As it races around with others of its kind, its legs grow stronger." The regulation mark is F.

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