Northern Lights Pokémon at a glance
23cards
19different Pokémon
23sets and promos
1999first card
First seen in Base Set
Northern Lights Pokémon card list
23 cards with the northern lights in the sky, picked by hand, rarest first: from the Special Illustration Rare down to the Commons.
Northern Lights Pokémon in numbers
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Most cards
The Pokémon with the most northern lights cards.
Rarity breakdown
Rarest at the top.
Special Illustration Rare1
Rare Ultra1
Illustration Rare3
Trainer Gallery Rare Holo1
Rare Holo3
Promo2
Rare2
Uncommon7
Common3
By generation
Different Pokémon, by the generation they first appeared in.
31
2
63
24
45
16
7
8
39
Cards per year
Northern Lights Pokémon cards from 1999 to 2026.
11999
2000
2001
2002
2003
12004
2005
2006
22007
2008
2009
2010
2011
22012
12013
12014
2015
2016
2017
32018
22019
12020
12021
2022
52023
2024
22025
12026
Busiest year: 2023, with 5 cards
By type
The energy types they were printed as.
Water7
Metal3
Psychic3
Grass2
Fire1
Colorless1
Darkness1
Who drew them
20 illustrators worked on these cards.
KEIICHIRO ITO3
Ryo Ueda2
Taira Akitsu1
satoma1
hncl1
Takeshi Nakamura1
Suwama Chiaki1
chibi1
Every Northern Lights Pokémon card, rarest first
Special Illustration Rare
1
1 card from 1 set: 1 Pokémon card.
Rare Ultra
11 card from 1 set: all Trainer and Energy cards.
Illustration Rare
33 cards from 3 sets: 3 Pokémon cards.
Trainer Gallery Rare Holo
11 card from 1 set: 1 Pokémon card.
Rare Holo
3
3 cards from 3 sets: 3 Pokémon cards.
Promo
22 cards from 2 sets: 1 Pokémon card and 1 Trainer or Energy card.
Rare
22 cards from 2 sets: 2 Pokémon cards.
Uncommon
7
7 cards from 7 sets: 5 Pokémon cards and 2 Trainer or Energy cards.
Common
3
3 cards from 3 sets: 3 Pokémon cards.
| No. | Card | Set | Rarity | Type | Illustrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 248/198 | Iron Treads ex | Scarlet & Violet Base | Special Illustration Rare | Metal | KEIICHIRO ITO |
| 195/198 | Melony | Chilling Reign | Rare Ultra | Trainer | Taira Akitsu |
| 097/094 | Dewgong | Phantasmal Flames | Illustration Rare | Water | satoma |
| 144/86 | Cobalion | Black Bolt | Illustration Rare | Metal | hncl |
| 187/182 | Iron Moth | Paradox Rift | Illustration Rare | Fire | Takeshi Nakamura |
| GG07 | Keldeo | Crown Zenith | Trainer Gallery Rare Holo | Pokémon | KEIICHIRO ITO |
| 28/131 | Aurorus | Forbidden Light | Rare Holo | Water | Suwama Chiaki |
| 59/156 | Cresselia | Ultra Prism | Rare Holo | Psychic | chibi |
| 27/99 | Articuno | Next Destinies | Rare Holo | Water | Ryo Ueda |
| XY67 | Jirachi | XY Black Star Promos | Promo | Metal | sui |
| SWSH227 | Blanche | SWSH Black Star Promos | Promo | Trainer | Anesaki Dynamic |
| 68/168 | Deoxys | Celestial Storm | Rare | Psychic | Ayaka Yoshida |
| 18/102 | Dragonair | Base Set | Rare | Colorless | Mitsuhiro Arita |
| 054/197 | Beartic | Obsidian Flames | Uncommon | Water | Misa Tsutsui |
| 024/193 | Brambleghast | Paldea Evolved | Uncommon | Grass | KEIICHIRO ITO |
| 104/185 | Mightyena | Vivid Voltage | Uncommon | Darkness | Aya Kusube |
| 55/123 | Masquerain | Mysterious Treasures | Uncommon | Grass | Midori Harada |
| 37/108 | Sealeo | Power Keepers | Uncommon | Water | Ken Sugimori |
| 91/106 | Magnetic Storm | Flashfire | Uncommon | Trainer | Ryo Ueda |
| 91/101 | Magnetic Storm | Hidden Legends | Uncommon | Trainer | Shin-ichi Yoshikawa |
| 46/217 | Snorunt | Ascended Heroes | Common | Water | Wintr Wandr |
| 41/236 | Snover | Unified Minds | Common | Water | otumami |
| 50/108 | Woobat | Dark Explorers | Common | Psychic | Kagemaru Himeno |
Questions about Northern Lights Pokémon cards
How many cards are on the northern lights list?
23 so far, from Dragonair in Base Set (1999) to the newest sets, and 2 of them are promos. They're all in the list above, rarest first.
What is the rarest Northern Lights Pokémon card?
It's the Special Illustration Rare, like Iron Treads ex from Scarlet & Violet Base (248/198).
What makes a card a northern lights card?
Ribbons of green, blue or purple light ripple across the night sky behind the Pokémon, like the aurora seen in the far north. Each card was picked by hand by looking at the art, so the list is a selection, not every card set at night.
Who drew the most northern lights cards?
KEIICHIRO ITO, with 3 cards, followed by Ryo Ueda (2) and Taira Akitsu (1).
