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Ninetales
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EN Expedition Base Set · 15 Sep 2002 · 21/165

Ninetales

キュウコン Fox Pokémon
Fire Rare Holo Stage 1
80HP
≈S$123est. to buy
1 / 70 Ninetales cards owned 0 / 4 in E-Card 1 promo prints

Ninetales collection

1 / 70 collected

1% complete
Owned1 Missing69 TrackedS$0.42 Missing est.≈S$2843
Best buy Ninetales Mega Evolution S$0.07 Top owned Ninetales Chaos Rising S$0.42

Gameplay profile

Unlimited: Legal
Attack

Mislead

Fire • Colorless

Flip 2 coins. If either of them is heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.

Attack

Ethereal Flame

3 Colorless

Discard all Fire Energy cards attached to Ninetales. This attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each card discarded this way.

Evolution line

Vulpix
Vulpix ロコン
→
Ninetales
Ninetales キュウコン

Versions & finishes

Ninetales — Reverse Holo missing
Reverse Holo not owned ≈ S$129.59
Ninetales — Holofoil missing
Holofoil not owned ≈ S$122.85

Artwork is identical across finishes; the holo or reverse shimmer is indicative.

Story & meaning

Ninetales is the Fox Pokémon, a Fire-type that evolves from Vulpix when exposed to a Fire Stone. It is depicted as highly intelligent, long-lived (said to survive a thousand years), and capable of understanding human speech, with each of…

“The coat of gleaming golden fur is quite magnificent. This species is said to store sacred power in its nine long tails and to live for a millennium.”

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History

Ninetales is the Fox Pokémon, a Fire-type that evolves from Vulpix when exposed to a Fire Stone. It is depicted as highly intelligent, long-lived (said to survive a thousand years), and capable of understanding human speech, with each of its nine tails believed to hold mystical or sacred power. In lore it is portrayed as vengeful and proud if mistreated, drawing on the cunning and supernatural reputation of the nine-tailed fox of Japanese mythology.

Name & meaning

The Japanese name キュウコン (Kyukon) combines the kanji reading 九 (kyū, meaning 'nine') with 婚 or more likely 紺 (kon)—but it most directly derives from 九尾 (kyūbi, 'nine tails'), referencing the legendary nine-tailed fox of East Asian folklore (the kitsune/kumiho/huli jing). The English name 'Ninetales' is a straightforward compound of 'nine' and 'tales/tails,' a pun that plays on both the literal nine tails and the idea of mystical 'tales' or legends surrounding the creature.

Other versions in this set

Same Pokémon, different artwork within Expedition Base Set.

Ninetales missing
57/165 Ninetales Rare

Your Ninetales cards

1 owned

The Ninetales cards already in your collection.

Ninetales ✓
Chaos Rising · 9/122 Ninetales キュウコン Uncommon 22 May 2026 · Mega Evolution S$0.42

All Ninetales cards across sets

70 shown

Every Ninetales print in the catalogue, including promos and cards from other series.