Ninetales in the Chinese-only set codes is two products, 2 prints from Collect 151 and 2 from Reward Round. Ninetales EX #38 leads at $59.99 as a PSA 10, with every priced card inside a band $10 wide.
What makes the shape worth reading is where the cards sit. 2 of the 4 Ninetales cards come out of Collect 151 as a run from #38 to #178, and that one line supplies 2 of the 2 ranked cards — 100 percent of the character’s graded value. Every ranked card comes from that same line, so the ranking is a ranking of one product’s treatments rather than of competing products.
How this list was built
Three rules, applied in this order.
- The card has to sit in a Chinese-only set. Every card below carries a set code ending in C — 151C and csv4C. That trailing letter marks a Simplified Chinese print run, and it is the dependable way to tell a Chinese-only card from a card that merely happens to be printed in Chinese. Reading a Chinese set code from end to end covers the whole system.
- The card has to have a tracked PSA 10 value. 4 Ninetales cards exist across these sets and 2 have a PSA 10 price on record. The 2 that do not are Ninetales #15 and Ninetales [Poke Ball] #15 — none of them has a graded sold record yet, and a card with no price cannot be ranked.
- The card has to be a Pokémon card. Sealed product, trainer cards and energy are out of scope.
One exclusion applies here as it does to every character ranking we publish. Promo printings of Ninetales exist in Chinese and they are not on this list. Promo numbering is shared across the Chinese branches — the same promo number appears in Traditional Chinese product as well — so a promo number on its own cannot establish which branch a card came from. Everything below sits inside a numbered set whose code ends in C, which is unambiguous.
The two, ranked
1. Ninetales EX #38 — Collect 151 (151C) — $59.99
Raw $1.99 · grade 9 $13.05
The highest-priced Ninetales card in these sets and one of the Ninetales prints that run from #38 to #178 in Collect 151. Raw copies at $1.99 becoming $59.99 in a PSA 10 holder is a multiple of 30.1, the shape most set-checklist foils in this series have. This is the Collect 151 print at #38, the set where all of the original 151 Pokémon have a card.
2. Ninetales EX #178 — Collect 151 (151C) — $50.01
Raw $4.25 · grade 9 $7.50
At the foot of the ranking and part of the Collect 151 Ninetales group, which runs from #38 to #178. The raw-to-graded step here is 11.8 times.
What the ranking shows
Ninetales splits into 1 bands across 2 priced cards, and the top band is where the ranking is decided.
| Band | Cards | Combined PSA 10 value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50 – $60 — ranked 1 to 2 | 2 | $110 | 100.0% |
| Every priced Ninetales card | 2 | $110 | 100% |
Two further patterns run across the whole group.
The band is $10 wide. Between $59.99 at the top and $50.01 at the bottom, the whole ranked list sits inside a $10 window — narrow enough that assembling the entire run costs close to what the first card costs alone.
2 of the 4 cards have never traded enough to be priced. They are tracked in the catalogue but carry no PSA 10 value, so the ranking covers the priced part of the checklist rather than all of it.
Where Ninetales is printed
| Product | Set code | Ninetales cards | With a PSA 10 value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collect 151 | 151C | 2 | 2 |
| Reward Round | csv4C | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 2 |
Collect 151 supplies 2 of the 4 Ninetales cards and 100 percent of the $110 total, because the expensive cards are inside that line. Collect 151 prints Ninetales as one of the original 151, and those prints are priced generously relative to the Gem Pack foils. 2 of the 4 cards carry no price at all, so the checklist in the table above is longer than the ranking it supports. If the goal is the group rather than the single card, completing a Simplified Chinese set sets out what a full run involves.
If you want one card
- One card, no budget limit: Ninetales EX #38 from Collect 151 at $59.99. It is the highest-priced Ninetales card in these sets.
- The second line: Ninetales EX #178 from Collect 151 at $50.01, the second-highest Ninetales card in these sets and the next step down from the top.
Frequently asked questions
How many Ninetales cards are there in Simplified Chinese?
4, across 2 products. 2 of the 4 carry a tracked PSA 10 value.
What is the most valuable Ninetales card in Simplified Chinese?
Ninetales EX #38 from Collect 151, tracked at $59.99 as a PSA 10 and $1.99 raw. It is the only Ninetales card in these sets above $50, and it holds 55 percent of the character’s combined value.
Why is there a Collect 151 Ninetales card on the list?
Because Ninetales is one of the original 151 Pokémon and Collect 151 prints every one of them. It lands at number 1 at $59.99. Characters from later generations are not in that set, so they have no Kanto print to break a Gem Pack run.
Is a PSA 10 worth the premium over a raw card?
Raw-to-graded multiples across the list run from 11.8 to 30.1, so on most cards the graded premium is real. Where the multiple is lowest, the raw price already carries most of the value. Grading outcomes are never certain, and nothing here is a prediction about what any individual card will grade at.
Do the Collect 151 prints come in more than one treatment?
Yes. A number in Collect 151 exists as a plain card, a reverse holo and a Master Ball reverse holo. Only the plain print usually trades enough to have a price attached. The series guide explains the two reverse holo patterns.
Other character rankings
Each character with a full five or ten-card ranking has its own page: Ceruledge, Charizard, Eevee, Espeon, Flareon, Floragato, Gengar, Glaceon, Jolteon, Leafeon, Mew, Pikachu, Sylveon, Umbreon, Vaporeon, and among the shorter runs Alakazam, Applin, Articuno, Blastoise, Captain Pikachu, Chandelure, Chansey, Charmander, Clefable, Crocalor, Cubone, Fuecoco.
Beyond the single character, the ten most popular Chinese-exclusive cards ranks across Pokémon, the price ladder sorts the same catalogue into bands, and the collector’s index lists every Pokémon that appears in the Chinese-only sets with its card count, priced count and top value.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- PriceCharting — Pokémon Chinese console listings, including Collect 151 (151C), Reward Round (csv4C). PSA 10 values retrieved 25 September 2026.
- PriceCharting — individual card pages for the Ninetales prints listed above, across 4 numbered cards.
- CardSpicy — How to read a Simplified Chinese Pokémon set code, on the trailing C and the secret-rare numbering convention.
Prices quoted are secondary-market observations at the dates cited and move quickly; nothing here is a valuation or an investment recommendation. Our own asking prices for the cards we hold are on each product page.