Ninetales V 26/192 · Rebel Clash

Rebel Clash is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 1 May 2020. The printed size is 192. This checklist is longer, at 209 cards. Ninetales V is 26/192, in position 26 of 209 on this checklist. Before it is 25 Ninetales, and after it is 27 Growlithe. The listed rarity is Rare Holo V.

Ninetales V is a Basic V Fire Pokémon with 200 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ninetales (#038), generation 1 (Kanto).

Saki Hayashiro illustrated this card. The same name is on 40 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 is named Ninetales, while this one is Ninetales V. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 200 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo V. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Saki Hayashiro illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 51 other cards of Ninetales list a different HP.

The attack Nine-Tailed Shapeshifter lists no damage number. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Active Pokémon's attacks and use it as this attack. Flamethrower is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Rebel Clash, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Rebel Clash set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ninetales can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Vulpix and Ninetales. I still need this card.