Art-Inspired Pokémon at a glance
12cards
12different Pokémon
10sets and promos
2000first card
First seen in Team Rocket
Art-Inspired Pokémon card list
12 cards that echo famous paintings and art styles, picked by hand, rarest first: from the Rare Rainbow down to the Commons.
Art-Inspired Pokémon in numbers
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Most cards
The Pokémon with the most art-inspired cards.
Rarity breakdown
Rarest at the top.
Rare Rainbow1
Special Illustration Rare2
Rare Ultra1
Illustration Rare2
Rare Holo V1
Rare Holo1
Promo2
Rare1
Common1
By generation
Different Pokémon, by the generation they first appeared in.
41
32
3
24
15
6
17
8
19
Cards per year
Art-Inspired Pokémon cards from 2000 to 2026.
12000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
12018
2019
2020
12021
12022
62023
2024
12025
12026
Busiest year: 2023, with 6 cards
By type
The energy types they were printed as.
Water3
Lightning2
Colorless2
Darkness1
Grass1
Psychic1
Fighting1
Who drew them
12 illustrators worked on these cards.
KEIICHIRO ITO1
Jerky1
Kouki Saitou1
Oswaldo KATO1
Uninori1
aoki1
kodama1
Kagemaru Himeno1
Every Art-Inspired Pokémon card, rarest first
Rare Rainbow
1
1 card from 1 set: 1 Pokémon card.
Special Illustration Rare
22 cards from 2 sets: 2 Pokémon cards.
Rare Ultra
11 card from 1 set: 1 Pokémon card.
Illustration Rare
22 cards from 2 sets: 2 Pokémon cards.
Rare Holo V
1
1 card from 1 set: 1 Pokémon card.
Rare Holo
11 card from 1 set: 1 Pokémon card.
Promo
22 cards from 1 set: 2 Pokémon cards.
Rare
11 card from 1 set: 1 Pokémon card.
Common
11 card from 1 set: 1 Pokémon card.
| No. | Card | Set | Rarity | Type | Illustrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 215/203 | Umbreon VMAX | Evolving Skies | Rare Rainbow | Darkness | KEIICHIRO ITO |
| 247/182 | Tapu Koko ex | Paradox Rift | Special Illustration Rare | Lightning | Jerky |
| 256/193 | Meowscarada ex | Paldea Evolved | Special Illustration Rare | Grass | Kouki Saitou |
| 167/189 | Origin Forme Palkia V | Astral Radiance | Rare Ultra | Water | Oswaldo KATO |
| 106/94 | Meowth | Phantasmal Flames | Illustration Rare | Colorless | Uninori |
| 212/193 | Mismagius | Paldea Evolved | Illustration Rare | Psychic | aoki |
| GG51 | Hisuian Samurott V | Crown Zenith | Rare Holo V | Pokémon | kodama |
| 6/82 | Dark Dugtrio | Team Rocket | Rare Holo | Fighting | Kagemaru Himeno |
| SVP 085 | Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat | Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos | Promo | Lightning | Naoyo Kimura |
| SVP 131 | Kingdra ex | Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos | Promo | Water | akagi |
| 157/214 | Smeargle | Lost Thunder | Rare | Colorless | Ken Sugimori |
| 39/217 | Psyduck | Ascended Heroes | Common | Water | Jiro Sasumo |
Questions about Art-Inspired Pokémon cards
How many cards are on the art-inspired list?
12 so far, from Dark Dugtrio in Team Rocket (2000) to the newest sets, and 2 of them are promos. They're all in the list above, rarest first.
What is the rarest Art-Inspired Pokémon card?
It's the Rare Rainbow, like Umbreon VMAX from Evolving Skies (215/203).
What makes a card art-inspired?
Cards whose artwork borrows from real art: famous paintings, woodblock prints and well-known art styles. Each card was picked by hand by looking at the art, so the list is a selection, not every card with a painted look.
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