Poké Card Lists

Unique Pokémon card list

21 cards that are one of a kind, picked by hand, rarest first: from the 3 Rare Secrets down to the Commons.

ナッシー[Exeggutor] Rare Secret
ナッシー[Exeggutor]
Imakuni?'s Doduo Rare Secret
Imakuni?'s Doduo
Mewtwo-EX Rare Secret
Mewtwo-EX

Unique Pokémon in numbers

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Unique Pokémon at a glance

21cards
13different Pokémon
10sets and promos
2001first card

First seen in Neo Revelation

Rarity breakdown

Rarest at the top.

Rare Secret3
Illustration Rare1
Rare Shining8
Promo1
Uncommon3
Common5

By generation

Different Pokémon, by the generation they first appeared in.

101
22
3
4
5
6
17
8
9

Cards per year

Unique Pokémon cards from 1999 to 2024.

11999
2000
22001
62002
2003
2004
52005
12006
2007
2008
2009
12010
2011
2012
2013
2014
12015
32016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
12024

Busiest year: 2002, with 6 cards

By type

The energy types they were printed as.

Grass3
Colorless3
Psychic3
Fire3
Water3
Fighting2
Lightning2

Who drew them

9 illustrators worked on these cards.

Yuka Morii6
Hironobu Yoshida5
Ken Sugimori3
Dr.Ooyama1
Imakuni?1
Mitsuhiro Arita1
Makura Tami1
Hiromichi Sugiyama1

Every Unique Pokémon card, rarest first

Rare Secret

3

3 cards from 2 sets: 3 Pokémon cards.

ナッシー[Exeggutor] Rare Secret card from Evolutions
ナッシー[Exeggutor]Evolutions, 109/108
Imakuni?'s Doduo Rare Secret card from Evolutions
Imakuni?'s DoduoEvolutions, 112/108
Mewtwo-EX Rare Secret card from BREAKthrough
Mewtwo-EXBREAKthrough, 164/162

Illustration Rare

1

1 card from 1 set: 1 Pokémon card.

Litten Illustration Rare card from Temporal Forces
LittenTemporal Forces, 167/162

Rare Shining

8

8 cards from 2 sets: 8 Pokémon cards.

Shining Celebi Rare Shining card from Neo Destiny
Shining CelebiNeo Destiny, 106/105
Shining Charizard Rare Shining card from Neo Destiny
Shining CharizardNeo Destiny, 107/105
Shining Kabutops Rare Shining card from Neo Destiny
Shining KabutopsNeo Destiny, 108/105
Shining Mewtwo Rare Shining card from Neo Destiny
Shining MewtwoNeo Destiny, 109/105
Shining Noctowl Rare Shining card from Neo Destiny
Shining NoctowlNeo Destiny, 110/105
Shining Raichu Rare Shining card from Neo Destiny
Shining RaichuNeo Destiny, 111/105
Shining Gyarados Rare Shining card from Neo Revelation
Shining GyaradosNeo Revelation, 65/64
Shining Magikarp Rare Shining card from Neo Revelation
Shining MagikarpNeo Revelation, 66/64

Promo

1

1 card from 1 set: 1 Pokémon card.

Cool Porygon Promo card from Wizards Black Star Promos
Cool PorygonWizards Black Star Promos, 15

Uncommon

3

3 cards from 3 sets: 1 Pokémon card and 2 Trainer or Energy cards.

Ditto Uncommon card from Delta Species
DittoDelta Species, 36/113
Imakuni? Uncommon card from Generations
Imakuni?Generations, 63/83
Seeker Uncommon card from Triumphant
SeekerTriumphant, 88/102

Common

5

5 cards from 2 sets: 5 Pokémon cards.

Ditto Common card from POP Series 3
DittoPOP Series 3, 12
Ditto Common card from Delta Species
DittoDelta Species, 61/113
Ditto Common card from Delta Species
DittoDelta Species, 62/113
Ditto Common card from Delta Species
DittoDelta Species, 63/113
Ditto Common card from Delta Species
DittoDelta Species, 64/113

Questions about Unique Pokémon cards

How many cards are on the unique list?

21 so far, from Shining Gyarados in Neo Revelation (2001) to the newest sets, and 2 of them are promos. They're all in the list above, rarest first.

What is the rarest Unique Pokémon card?

The top of the list is the 3 Rare Secrets, like ナッシー[Exeggutor] from Evolutions (109/108) and Imakuni?'s Doduo from Evolutions.

Which Pokémon has the most unique cards?

Ditto, with 6 cards. Mewtwo (2), Exeggutor (1) and Doduo (1) are next.

What makes a card unique?

Cards that do something no other card does, like text in a made-up alphabet, unusual printing or a design that breaks the usual rules. Each card was picked by hand by looking at the art, so the list is a selection, not every rare card.

Who drew the most unique cards?

Yuka Morii, with 6 cards, followed by Hironobu Yoshida (5) and Ken Sugimori (3).

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