Base · #12 · 1999
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.
$42.22
up24% · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 11, 2026
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Ninetales sits at $42.22 on TCGplayer today for the Holofoil printing.
Inside Base, that ranks 11th out of 101 priced cards. (Charizard leads the set at $928.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 158.1% — from $16.36 to $42.22. Over the last year it's climbed 79.9%, from $23.47 to $42.22. The 90-day move: up 15.4%, $36.57 to $42.22. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $42.22 in October 2026; its lowest, $16.23 in April 2024. Today's price is the highest we've seen since February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $42.22 at the top and $34.06 at the bottom. That's the Holofoil printing — the same card also trades as the Shadowless 1st Edition Holofoil at $800 and the Shadowless Unlimited Holofoil at $141. On Cardmarket, the European printings of this card go for about €19.67.
By Printing
By printing: Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more. $42.22 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $800 · Shadowless: An early Base Set print run with no drop shadow beside the art frame. Scarcer than Unlimited, and priced on its own. $141
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Holofoil printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Lure
Cost: Colorless, Colorless
If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and switch it with his or her Active Pokémon.
Fire Blast80
Cost: Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire
Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Ninetales in order to use this attack.
“Very smart and very vengeful. Grabbing one of its many tails could result in a 1,000-year curse.”
About $42.22 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 11, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 15% over the last 3 months — from $36.57 to $42.22 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 80%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $42.22 — that was October 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €19.67 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $42.22 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Ninetales (Base #12). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule.
Cards trading near $42.22 today.
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