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Light Ninetales
◇ Missing
EN Neo Destiny · 28 Feb 2002 · 50/113

Light Ninetales

キュウコン Fox Pokémon
Fire Uncommon Stage 1
90HP
≈S$77est. to buy
1 / 68 Ninetales cards owned 0 / 1 in Neo 1 promo prints

Ninetales collection

1 / 68 collected

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

Gameplay profile

Unlimited: Legal
Attack

Guiding Flame

Fire

Put a Baby Pokémon or a Basic Pokémon card from your discard pile onto your Bench. (You can't use this attack if your Bench is full.)

Attack

Fire Blast

50
3 Fire

Discard a Fire Energy card attached to Light Ninetales in order to use this attack.

Evolution line

Versions & finishes

Light Ninetales — 1st Edition missing
1st Edition not owned ≈ S$76.57
Light Ninetales — Unlimited missing
Unlimited not owned ≈ S$29.46

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…

“It is said that each of its nine tails contains a different magical power.”

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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.