Ninetales 30 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Ninetales 30
Brand: Pokémon
Author: kirisAki

This card has 110 HP, a top attack printed at 70 damage and a Water weakness.

Fire · Stage 1 · Fusion Strike · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Ninetales 30 do in a game?

Ninetales 30 is a Fire Pokémon card with 110 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Supernatural Flames, is printed at 70 damage for 2 Energy — 35 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Water weakness, any Water attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fire Stage 1 Uncommon Regulation E Unlimited and Expanded #038 Ninetales

Ninetales 30Fusion Strike

110 HP · Fire · Stage 1 · retreat 1 · Water weakness ×2

Top printed damage7035 per Energy Supernatural Flames70 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points110 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage7021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

Retreat cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 35 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackUncommonFusion Strike61 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

Regulation markE

RarityUncommon

SetFusion Strike

Card number30

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.56Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by55 damage110 HP against a Water ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it918 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name61 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line52 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #038 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Ninetales 30 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 5.6% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 43.8%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Ninetales 30 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	61.6%	110 HP
Top printed damage	64.7%	70 damage
Energy efficiency	78.2%	35 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2ESupernatural Flames35 damage per Energy card70damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 5,859of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 5,859 at 110 HP.

Fire cardsNo. 601of 1,574 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,498of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardNinetales 30Fusion Strike110 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 270 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Ninetales 30

Hit points 110 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 35 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Water attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 9 of the 53 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Ninetales 30 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 110 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Fusion Strike.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 70 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Water weakness at ×2, which means 55 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark E.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Ninetales 30 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 70 damage, which is 35 damage for every Energy card attached.

Ninetales 30 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Supernatural Flames	1 Fire + 1 Colorless	2	70	35	No extra effect.

Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Supernatural Flames2 Energy cards

The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Supernatural Flames 2 Energy70 damage for 2 Energy — 35 per Energy card70

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (70).

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How does Ninetales 30 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Ninetales 30 — Fusion Strike — NinetalesFusion Strike 30

No.5,859by HP in the archive

Ninetales 30 prints 110 HP, which puts it at number 5,859 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

65% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 34%Where it sits on printed HP

This card110 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Ninetales printed120 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 110 HP, which is 29% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 110 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 70.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120 — this card	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

2 — this card26.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

1 — this card49.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1 — this card	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 1,498of 5,102

That is where Ninetales 30 stands highest on HP — number 1,498 of 5,102 cards in Stage 1 cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 5,859 of 17,290 by HP · No. 5,054 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 31% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 601 of 1,574 by HP · No. 598 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 39% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 1,498 of 5,102 by HP · No. 1,541 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 31% on damage
Fusion Strike — 284 cards No. 109 of 245 by HP · No. 99 of 239 by damage · top by HP: Rillaboom VMAX, 330

top 41% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 110 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 110
Top printed damage 70 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 70

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Ninetales 30 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 70 damage attack that needs 2 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Ninetales 30 — this card35.070 damage for 2 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 35.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Ninetales 30 — this card	35.0	70 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsSupernatural Flames 70 / 2

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Ninetales 30.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Supernatural Flames	—	35	—

This card, per Energy card

35 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

+2.5 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 70 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Fire card do for Ninetales 30?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 2,435 Water cards carry that type A Water attack printed at 55 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Ninetales 30 · Stage 1 110 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 70 damage.

Takes double from this card 3,312 cards in groups that print a Fire weakness Against Grass and Metal, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Fire — this cardmost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire — this card	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Fireweak to Water

Grassweak to Fire

Metalweak to Fire

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Fire weakness.

What being a Fire card is worth

Groups that most often print a Fire weakness: Grass (2,387 cards) and Metal (925 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Fire cards are themselves most exposed to Water.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Ninetales 30 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Water attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 55 printed damage rather than 110.

Cards that remove it in one attack

918

Cards it removes in one attack

2,428

Water damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 110 HP against a Water weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackGolduckAscended Heroes 4060 damage

×2Water weakness · 55 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 120 against this card

This cardNinetales 30Fusion Strike 30110 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 914 cards in the archive that can remove Ninetales 30 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 55. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Ninetalesweak to Water ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Water cards that remove Ninetales in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Vaporeon ex (23)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Vaporeon ex (149)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Wailord ex (16)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Wailord ex (97)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Palafin ex (61)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500
Palafin ex (193)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500

110 HP against a Water ×2 weakness means any Water attack printed at 55 damage or more is enough. 918 cards in the archive clear that bar.

140 HP Klinklang [76]

140 HP Aggron [59]

140 HP Serperior [RC3]

140 HP Venusaur [3]

140 HP Klinklang [77]

140 HP Aggron [80]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,428 cards in the archive are weak to Fire and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Ninetales as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Ninetales 30 is one print of Ninetales. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Ninetales has been printed 61 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Ninetales cards ever printedPokédex #038Prints on record 61Toughest print 260 HPThis card 110 HP

61prints

Legal in Standard9Older prints, not in Standard52

Every Ninetales print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Ninetales printed is 260 HP, and this card is 42.3% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Ninetales ex 186/165the toughest Ninetales ever printedSV: Scarlet & Violet 151260 HP
Ninetales 30against that record42.3% of the record110 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Ninetales print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Ninetales 30 can be?

Ninetales evolves from Vulpix, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Ninetales line, oldest stage firstPokédex #038

Vulpix30 prints on record · Legendary Collection

+50 HP · +80 damage

Ninetales28 prints on record · Legendary Collection

Vulpix → Ninetales

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Vulpix.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 038.

1VulpixHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage70 HP
2NinetalesHardest attack printed at this stage: 120 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it120 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (120 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Ninetales print, and can the older ones still be played?

61 prints carry this name in the archive, and 53 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (260 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

53 rows are shown of the 61 prints counted under this name.

Ninetales prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Ninetales ex 186/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Ninetales ex 038/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Alolan Ninetales-GX 150/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Ninetales-GX SV53/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Ninetales-GX 132/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Ninetales-GX 22/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Ninetales-GX 225/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales V 177/192	SWSH02: Rebel Clash	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Ninetales-GX 205/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Ninetales-GX 132/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales V 026/192	SWSH02: Rebel Clash	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales-EX 13/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales BREAK 16/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 199/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Ninetales 025/192	SWSH02: Rebel Clash	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 023/202	SWSH01: Sword & Shield Base Set	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 031/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 029/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Ninetales 017/191	SV08: Surging Sparks	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Ninetales 027/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Ninetales 009/086	ME04: Chaos Rising	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Ninetales 020/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Alolan Ninetales 111/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Ninetales 028/147	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Ninetales 145/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 030/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 018/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Ninetales 015/108	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 16/181	World Championship Decks	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 3	Rumble	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales ex 96/101	EX Hidden Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Light Ninetales 050/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 17/95	Call of Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales BW66	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 36/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 20/95	Unleashed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 19/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 21/160	XY - Primal Clash	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 21/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales H19/H32	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 017/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 012/102	Base Set (Shadowless)	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 021/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 025/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 32/123	Mysterious Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 013/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 057/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 38/106	EX Emerald	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales δ 8/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 19/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Brock's Ninetales 003/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 22/101	EX Hidden Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaine's Ninetales 021/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

9 of the 53 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Ninetales 30?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Ninetales 30
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Arcanine ex	Legend Maker	120	100	2
Ninetales	Aquapolis	80	40	1
Light Arcanine	Neo Destiny	100	50	2
Ninetales	Legendary Collection	80	80	1
Charmeleon	Legendary Collection	80	50	1
Ninetales	Pokémon Rumble	90	60	1

This card itself is 110 HP, 70 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Fire like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Ninetales 30 in Fusion Strike?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #30 in Fusion Strike. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Ninetales 30, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Ninetales 30
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Ninetales 30 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark E, printed next to the card number. It was released on November 12, 2021.

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Which generation of cards does Ninetales 30 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark E — this cardtypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark Ftypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark Itypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Group	Share	Value
Mark D	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E — this card	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark E

Cards sharing that mark

1,202

Typical HP for the mark

150 (this card 110)

Typical damage for the mark

87 (this card 70)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Ninetales 30 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Supernatural Flames, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 35 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Vulpix has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 5,859 of 17,290

Fire cardsNo. 601 of 1,574

Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,498 of 5,102

Fusion StrikeNo. 109 of 245

What actually removes it

A Water attack printed at 55 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 110 HP.
918 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,428 cards in one attack.

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Ninetales 30 card record

Ninetales 30 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	110 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Vulpix	Card type	Stage 1
Regulation mark	Mark E	Pokédex number	#038
Set	Fusion Strike	Card number	30 of 264
Series	Sword & Shield	Released	November 12, 2021
Rarity	Uncommon	Illustrator	kirisAki
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Ninetales 30 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$0.56

Read on

August 14, 2026

One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Ninetales 30 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Ninetales 30 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Ninetales 30?

Ninetales 30 has 110 HP and a Water weakness at ×2, so a Water attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 110.

What is the strongest attack on Ninetales 30?

Supernatural Flames, printed at 70 damage for 2 Energy — 35 damage per Energy card.

What is the retreat cost of Ninetales 30?

1 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Can an older Ninetales print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 53 prints listed on this page, 9 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Ninetales evolve from?

Vulpix. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Ninetales 30 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark E. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Ninetales 30 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Ninetales 30 — what does this card actually do?

What does Ninetales 30 do in a game?

Ninetales 30 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Ninetales 30 at a glance

What do the attacks on Ninetales 30 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Ninetales 30 compare with every other card?

Is Ninetales 30 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Fire card do for Ninetales 30?

What knocks out Ninetales 30 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Ninetales as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Ninetales 30 can be?

Is this the strongest Ninetales print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Ninetales 30?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Ninetales 30?

What was printed next to Ninetales 30 in Fusion Strike?

Which rules apply to Ninetales 30, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Ninetales 30 belong to?

Ninetales 30 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Ninetales 30 card record

What does Ninetales 30 cost?

Ninetales 30 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Ninetales 30?

What is the strongest attack on Ninetales 30?

What is the retreat cost of Ninetales 30?

Can an older Ninetales print be played in a tournament?

What does Ninetales evolve from?

Can Ninetales 30 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Ninetales 30 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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