Galarian Ponyta (Sword & Shield 81)

Galarian Ponyta
ガラルポニータ Galarian Ponyta

Shining Fates print
Illus. Sanosuke Sakuma

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

70

weakness ×2	resistance -30	retreat cost

English expansion	Sword & Shield
Rarity
English card no.	081/202
Japanese expansion	Shield
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	021/060

Japanese expansion	Shiny Star V
Japanese card no.	067/190

English expansion	Shining Fates
Rarity
English card no.	SV047/SV122
Japanese expansion	Shiny Star V
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	246/190

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Ponyta.

Galarian Ponyta (Japanese: ガラルポニータ Galarian Ponyta) is a Psychic-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Sword & Shield expansion.

Card text

	Psy Bolt ねんりき	10

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Pokédex data

Ponyta - Unique Horn Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
077	2'7" (0.8 m)	52.9 lbs. (24.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
This Pokémon will look into your eyes and read the contents of your heart. If it finds evil there, it promptly hides away.
瞳を覗いて心を読む。よこしまな気持ちを見つけるとたちまち姿を消してしまう。

Release information

This card was included in the Sword & Shield expansion with artwork by Saya Tsuruta, first released in the Japanese Shield expansion. It was reprinted, alongside a new print with artwork by Sanosuke Sakuma featuring the Shiny version of Galarian Ponyta, in the Japanese Shiny Star V subset. The Shiny print was later included in the Shining Fates expansion.

Gallery

Sword & Shield print
Illus. Saya Tsuruta

Shining Fates print
Illus. Sanosuke Sakuma

Trivia

Initial Japanese prints of this card have ひのうまポケモン, Fire Horse Pokémon, instead of いっかくポケモン, One Horn Pokémon, in the flavor text below the illustration, the category of regular Ponyta. This error was addressed in an apology statement uploaded to the official Japanese Pokémon Card website on December 2, 2019 before the general release of the Sword and Shield expansions. Subsequent print runs of this card featured the correct category. The same error was also present on initial copies of Galarian Rapidash.^[1]

Origin

This card features the Galarian form of Ponyta. Psy Bolt's Japanese name is that of Confusion, a move in the Pokémon games that Galarian Ponyta can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Shield. The Shining Fates print features the Shiny version of Galarian Ponyta.

References

↑ 拡張パック「シールド」の誤植に関するお詫びとおしらせ Pokemon-card.com (Japanese)

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[1] 拡張パック「シールド」の誤植に関するお詫びとおしらせ Pokemon-card.com (Japanese)

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