Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Ponyta
Silver Tempest · #21 · Common · 2022
Listings
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Market reference
$0.08
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 21 / 215
- Release year
- 2022
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Rapidash
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- F
- Illustrator
- Teeziro
- Pokédex #
- 77
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 25 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 (Take Down) 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 ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Ponyta
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥35 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 Teeziro
This card was illustrated by Teeziro.
Building around Ponyta?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It can't run properly when it's newly born. As it races around with others of its kind, its legs grow stronger."
RCTake Down — 50
This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Ponyta or Silver Tempest.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Ponyta was legal.
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today
Nightshades Premier Circuit Challenge #18 25 Codes
today
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 2026/07/12| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $20.00 | $0.08 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.03 | $0.26 | $19.98 | $0.29 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/14| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.03 |
| 7-day average | €0.02 |
| 30-day average | €0.03 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.03 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.24 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.19 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.17 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.21 |
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 $0.08; 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 "Silver Tempest" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2022.
What rarity is Ponyta?
Ponyta is a Common card in the Silver Tempest set.
Other Ponyta printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
