Ponyta (Arceus 46)

Ponyta LV.8 ポニータ Ponyta

Illus. Kanako Eo

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Ponyta Type Fire HP 40 weakness +10 resistance None retreat cost Japanese expansion DPt-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 034/DPt-P English expansion Arceus Rarity English card no. 46/99 Japanese expansion Advent of Arceus Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 018/090 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Ponyta.

Ponyta (Japanese: ポニータ Ponyta) is a Fire-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the DPt-P Promotional cards, later reprinted in the English Arceus expansion.

Card text

Ascension

かくせい

Search your deck for a card that evolves from Ponyta and put it onto Ponyta. (This counts as evolving Ponyta.) Shuffle your deck afterward.

Combustion

かえん

20

Pokédex data

Ponyta - Fire Horse Pokémon

No.

077

Height

3'03" (1.0 m)

Weight

66.1 lbs. (30.0 kg)

Pokédex entry

As a newborn, it can barely stand. However, through galloping, its legs are made tougher and faster.

Release information

This card was first released in Japan as one of the DPt-P Promotional cards awarded to players who participated in the season's Gym Challenge for the Advent of Arceus expansion held in June 2009. This print has a graphic covering Ponyta's Ascension attack, which was revealed upon its actual release. It was later included in the English Arceus expansion, first released in the Japanese Advent of Arceus expansion.

Trivia

The Japanese promotional prints of this card and Porygon-Z were the first cards to be printed featuring a graphic hiding an attack. The graphic displays the release date and set logo of Advent of Arceus.

Origin

This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Platinum.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.