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Ninetales
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EN Mega Evolution · 26 Sep 2025 · 20/188

Ninetales

キュウコン Fox Pokémon
Fire Uncommon Stage 1
120HP
≈S$0est. to buy
1 / 68 Ninetales cards owned 1 / 2 in Mega Evolution 1 promo prints

Ninetales collection

1 / 68 collected

1% complete
Owned1 Missing67 TrackedS$0.42 Missing est.≈S$2843

Gameplay profile

Unlimited: Legal Standard: Legal Expanded: Legal
Attack

Supernatural Shapeshifter

Colorless

Discard the top card of your deck, and if that card is a Supporter card, use the effect of that card as the effect of this attack.

Attack

Combustion

60
Fire • Colorless

Evolution line

Versions & finishes

Ninetales — Normal missing
Normal not owned ≈ S$0.07
Ninetales — Reverse Holo missing
Reverse Holo not owned ≈ S$0.42

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.

All Ninetales cards across sets

68 shown

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