How many Ponyta cards are there?

There are 30 Ponyta cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 28 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Ponyta card has the best artwork?

That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Ponyta art first, however common or rare the card.

Who illustrates Ponyta cards?

20 illustrators have drawn Ponyta. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 6, followed by Atsuko Nishida and Kagemaru Himeno.

What was the first Ponyta card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 26 of its 30 cards are Common.

No. 77 · Kanto · Fire

Ponytacards

Ponyta is a Fire-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 77 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 30
Sets: 28
Printed: 1999–2025
Illustrators: 20
Sightings: 3

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The strongest Ponyta art

01/06
Ponyta
Destined Rivals · 2025
Drawn by Ayako Ozaki
Common
02/06
Ponyta
Astral Radiance · 2022
Drawn by Jiro Sasumo
Common
03/06
Ponyta
Stellar Crown · 2024
Drawn by Atsushi Furusawa
Common
04/06
Ponyta
Temporal Forces · 2024
Drawn by takashi shiraishi
Common
05/06
Ponyta
Silver Tempest · 2022
Drawn by Teeziro
Common
06/06
Galarian Ponyta
Sword & Shield · 2020
Drawn by Saya Tsuruta
Common

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Which is the better picture?

Two Ponyta cards, side by side.

Galarian Ponyta, Shining Fates Shiny Vault

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Ponyta by scene

Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Ponyta cards, the artwork that shows it most first.

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How Ponyta gets drawn

Ponyta is usually drawn adventurous, usually running, in spring, often painted.

Across 26 Ponyta artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

Light and time

By day 85%In daylight 89%In spring 23%

Running13 of 26 artworks Storybook23 of 26 artworks In daylight23 of 26 artworks Adventurous6 of 26 artworks

Drawn against type

The Ponyta pictures least like the rest.

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1999–2025

Ponyta through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

1999 Base Set
2000 Gym Heroes
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Aquapolis
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2005 Delta Species
2007 Diamond & Pearl
2008 Stormfront
2009 Arceus
2010 Triumphant
2014 Flashfire
2016 Evolutions
2019 SWSH Black Star Promos
2020 Sword & Shield
2021 Shining Fates Shiny Vault
2022 Astral Radiance
2023 151
2024 Temporal Forces
2025 Destined Rivals

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Ponyta sightingsspotted in 3 other cards

Cards where Ponyta turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.

Every Ponyta card

30 cards, strongest artwork first.

30 of 30 cards

Ponyta in numbers

Cards: 30
Sets: 28since Base Set
Illustrators: 20most by Ken Sugimori
Printed: 1999–2025
Printed as: Basic
Sightings: 3in other cards' art
HP on card: 40–70

They span 28 sets, from Base Set to Destined Rivals. 20 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Atsuko Nishida and Kagemaru Himeno.

Who draws Ponyta

20 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

28 sets, by how many Ponyta cards each holds.

16 more sets

Rarity

Common26Promo1Rare1Shiny rare1Uncommon1

Questions

How many Ponyta cards are there?: There are 30 Ponyta cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 28 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Ponyta card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Ponyta art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Ponyta cards?: 20 illustrators have drawn Ponyta. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 6, followed by Atsuko Nishida and Kagemaru Himeno.
What was the first Ponyta card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 26 of its 30 cards are Common.