Ninetales [Shadowless] - Pokemon Base Set #12
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Ninetales [Shadowless] Card Facts & History
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Card History
This card’s Fire Blast attack is lifted straight from a move Ninetales can learn in the games, making Base Set Ninetales feel like an early snapshot of how the TCG translated Kanto battle identity onto cardboard.
In-Game
The flavor text on Base Set Ninetales comes from Ninetales’s original English Pokédex entry in Pokémon Red and Blue, preserving the famous warning that tugging one of its tails could bring a thousand-year curse.
Artist
Because this holo is illustrated by Ken Sugimori, Pokémon’s primary early character designer and art director, it carries the unmistakable official Gen 1 look that collectors instantly associate with the franchise’s first era.
Set Lore
The Shadowless version belongs to the short-lived 1999 Base Set print that dropped the 1st Edition stamp but still kept the missing art-box shadow and thinner HP font, a combination vintage collectors chase as one of the hobby’s most iconic early print variants.
Cultural Impact
Ninetales’ mystique runs deeper than the card text alone, since franchise lore describes it as an intelligent, vengeful Pokémon tied to legends, curses, and even a thousand-year lifespan—exactly the kind of mythology that gave early holo rares their larger-than-life aura.