Sleeping Pokémon at a glance
23cards
20different Pokémon
19sets and promos
2002first card
First seen in Neo Destiny
Sleeping Pokémon card list
23 cards with a Pokémon fast asleep, picked by hand, rarest first: from the 2 Rare Ultras down to the Commons.
Sleeping Pokémon in numbers
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Most cards
The Pokémon with the most sleeping cards.
Bulbasaur leads with 3
Rarity breakdown
Rarest at the top.
Rare Ultra2
Illustration Rare9
Trainer Gallery Rare Holo3
Promo5
Common4
By generation
Different Pokémon, by the generation they first appeared in.
101
32
3
4
25
16
17
8
39
Cards per year
Sleeping Pokémon cards from 1999 to 2026.
11999
2000
2001
22002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
42019
2020
12021
12022
92023
22024
22025
12026
Busiest year: 2023, with 9 cards
By type
The energy types they were printed as.
Grass6
Colorless5
Fire3
Psychic2
Darkness1
Water1
Lightning1
Fighting1
Who drew them
21 illustrators worked on these cards.
Makura Tami2
Shibuzoh.2
HYOGONOSUKE1
Kagemaru Himeno1
MINAMINAMI Take1
OKUBO1
OKACHEKE1
Orca1
Every Sleeping Pokémon card, rarest first
Rare Ultra
2
2 cards from 2 sets: 2 Pokémon cards.
Illustration Rare
99 cards from 8 sets: 9 Pokémon cards.
Trainer Gallery Rare Holo
3
3 cards from 2 sets: 3 Pokémon cards.
Promo
55 cards from 3 sets: 5 Pokémon cards.
Common
4
4 cards from 4 sets: 4 Pokémon cards.
| No. | Card | Set | Rarity | Type | Illustrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155/163 | Tyranitar V | Battle Styles | Rare Ultra | Darkness | HYOGONOSUKE |
| 211/236 | Vileplume-GX | Cosmic Eclipse | Rare Ultra | Grass | Kagemaru Himeno |
| 095/086 | Espurr | Perfect Order | Illustration Rare | Psychic | MINAMINAMI Take |
| 136/132 | Shuckle | Mega Evolution Base | Illustration Rare | Grass | OKUBO |
| 105/86 | Oshawott | White Flare | Illustration Rare | Water | OKACHEKE |
| 143/142 | Bulbasaur | Stellar Crown | Illustration Rare | Grass | Orca |
| 167/162 | Litten | Temporal Forces | Illustration Rare | Fire | Makura Tami |
| 166/165 | Bulbasaur | 151 | Illustration Rare | Grass | Yoriyuki Ikegami |
| 209/197 | Lechonk | Obsidian Flames | Illustration Rare | Colorless | Narumi Sato |
| 196/193 | Sprigatito | Paldea Evolved | Illustration Rare | Grass | Kouki Saitou |
| 211/193 | Raichu | Paldea Evolved | Illustration Rare | Lightning | Toshinao Aoki |
| GG10 | Mew | Crown Zenith | Trainer Gallery Rare Holo | Pokémon | Ryota Murayama |
| GG23 | Dunsparce | Crown Zenith | Trainer Gallery Rare Holo | Pokémon | Kurata So |
| TG05 | Pikachu | Lost Origin | Trainer Gallery Rare Holo | Pokémon | Atsushi Furusawa |
| SVP 014 | Koraidon | Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos | Promo | Fighting | Mina Nakai |
| SVP 051 | Snorlax | Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos | Promo | Colorless | GOSSAN |
| SVP 173 | Eevee | Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos | Promo | Colorless | Makura Tami |
| SWSH260 | Charizard V | SWSH Black Star Promos | Promo | Fire | Oswaldo KATO |
| 49 | Snorlax | Wizards Black Star Promos | Promo | Colorless | Craig Turvey |
| 88/236 | Munna | Unified Minds | Common | Psychic | Shibuzoh. |
| 147/214 | Meowth | Unbroken Bonds | Common | Colorless | Shibuzoh. |
| 94/165 | Bulbasaur | Expedition Base Set | Common | Grass | Sachi Matoba |
| 91/105 | Vulpix | Neo Destiny | Common | Fire | Masako Yamashita |
Questions about Sleeping Pokémon cards
How many cards are on the sleeping list?
23 so far, from Vulpix in Neo Destiny (2002) to the newest sets, and 5 of them are promos. They're all in the list above, rarest first.
What is the rarest Sleeping Pokémon card?
The top of the list is the 2 Rare Ultras, like Tyranitar V from Battle Styles (155/163) and Vileplume-GX from Cosmic Eclipse.
Which Pokémon has the most sleeping cards?
Bulbasaur, with 3 cards. Snorlax (2), Tyranitar (1) and Vileplume (1) are next.
What makes a card a sleeping card?
The Pokémon in the artwork is asleep or dozing off: curled up, snoring, or napping somewhere cosy. Each card was picked by hand by looking at the art, so the list is a selection, not every card with Snorlax on it.
Who drew the most sleeping cards?
Makura Tami, with 2 cards, followed by Shibuzoh. (2) and HYOGONOSUKE (1).
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