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Brock's Ninetales
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EN Gym Challenge · 16 Oct 2000 · 3/132

Brock's Ninetales

キュウコン Fox Pokémon
Fire Rare Holo Stage 1
70HP
≈S$200est. to buy
1 / 68 Ninetales cards owned 0 / 2 in Gym 1 promo prints

Ninetales collection

1 / 68 collected

1% complete
Owned1 Missing67 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
Pokémon Power

Shapeshift

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach an Evolution card from your hand to Brock's Ninetales. (This doesn't count as evolving Brock's Ninetales.) Treat Brock's Ninetales as if it were that Pokémon instead. It can't evolve, devolve, or use the Pokémon Power of that Pokémon. During your turn, you may discard the Evolution card attached to Brock's Ninetales. This power can't be used if Brock's Ninetales is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed. If Brock's Ninetales becomes Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed, discard all Evolution cards attached to it.

Attack

Will-o'-the-wisp

30
2 Fire

Evolution line

Vulpix
Vulpix ロコン
→
Ninetales
Ninetales キュウコン

Versions & finishes

Brock's Ninetales — Holofoil missing
Holofoil not owned ≈ S$99.08
Brock's Ninetales — 1st Edition missing
1st Edition not owned ≈ S$200.25

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.

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

68 shown

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