Pokémon · Base
Ponyta
Base Set · #60 · Common · 1999
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.64
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 60 / 102
- Release year
- 1999
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Rapidash
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 77
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Ponyta plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Flame Tail) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥20 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Ponyta
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.67 copies on average · 3 decks
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Ponyta?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its hooves are 10 times harder than diamonds. It can trample anything flat in moments."
CCSmash Kick — 20
RRFlame Tail — 30
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.50 | $18.76 | $0.64 | $0.32 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.45 |
| 7-day average | €15.66 |
| 30-day average | €6.58 |
| Low | €0.45 |
| Trend price | €6.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €11.91 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Ponyta is real?
Ponyta is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Ponyta worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ponyta is $0.64; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Ponyta from?
Ponyta is from the Pokémon set "Base Set" in the Base series, released in 1999.
What rarity is Ponyta?
Ponyta is a Common card in the Base Set set.
Other Ponyta printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
