[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Dragonstrike]

Even with my indifference towards Nintendo's/Gamefreak now in days, I too have to admit I also adore this regional variant of Ponyta! It looks like a cuter and more fancy version of Minicorn, and it's just the prettest darn horse too! Makes me wonder what it's Evolved form will look like now....

Better yet was that this regional variant wasn't leaked before it was officially revealed, so it was a complete surprise!

Really like their take on making Ponyta a unicorn.  Wasn't a Fairy type like I was expecting it to be, though.  It's a Psychic type  (one of my fav pokemon and my fav type?!  Ahhhhh!!  It's like with Orthros all over again!).

And instead of Flash Fire, it gets an Ability that makes it and its allies immune to Poison, as well as curing all allies of Poison when it enters the battlefield (basically a souped up version of Immunity in Doubles).  Niche, but cool!

Weirdly, though, we've seen some of them with no tails...if that's a gender difference, it's a weird one.

Some pokedex trivia (quoted from Serebii): 

Galarian Ponyta have been found in a certain forest of the Galar region since ancient times. It is said that they were exposed to the overflowing life energy of the forest over many generations, and this is why their appearance became unique in this region.
Galarian Ponyta can absorb the life energy of the surrounding atmosphere and store it in its mane. It seems that Ponyta’s mane will become more colorful, and even emit a sparkling glow, if there is a lot of energy around.

Can't wait to see what Galarian Rapidash looks like!  G-Ponyta is Shield exclusive, however, so that's a little unfortunate for those who are getting Sword.  But then again, Sword gets Sirfetch'd, so...I guess it evens out?