How many Basculin cards are there?

There are 11 Basculin cards, printed between 2011 and 2025 across 9 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Basculin card has the best artwork?

That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Basculin art first, however common or rare the card.

Who illustrates Basculin cards?

10 illustrators have drawn Basculin. Kagemaru Himeno has done the most at 2, followed by Akira Komayama and KEIICHIRO ITO.

What was the first Basculin card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Black & White, released in 2011. 5 of its 11 cards are Common.

No. 550 · Unova · Water

Basculincards

Basculin is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Unova, number 550 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2011 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 11
Sets: 9
Printed: 2011–2025
Illustrators: 10

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The strongest Basculin art

01/06
Basculin
White Flare · 2025
Drawn by Nakamura Ippan
Illustration rare
02/06
Basculin
Fusion Strike · 2021
Drawn by Souichirou Gunjima
Common
03/06
Basculin
Next Destinies · 2012
Drawn by Kagemaru Himeno
Uncommon
04/06
Basculin
Emerging Powers · 2011
Drawn by Akira Komayama
Uncommon
05/06
Hisuian Basculin
Lost Origin · 2022
Drawn by Oswaldo KATO
Common
06/06
Hisuian Basculin
Astral Radiance · 2022
Drawn by Kagemaru Himeno
Common

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Which is the better picture?

Two Basculin cards, side by side.

Hisuian Basculin, SWSH Black Star Promos

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Basculin by scene

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How Basculin gets drawn

Basculin is usually drawn fierce, almost always swimming, underwater.

Across 11 Basculin artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

Light and time

Underwater 64%

Swimming11 of 11 artworks Underwater7 of 11 artworks Splashing5 of 11 artworks Fierce7 of 11 artworks

Drawn against type

The Basculin pictures least like the rest.

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2011–2025

Basculin through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

2011 Emerging Powers
2012 Next Destinies
2019 SWSH Black Star Promos
2021 Fusion Strike
2022 Lost Origin
2025 White Flare

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Every Basculin card

11 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Basculin in numbers

Cards: 11
Sets: 9since Black & White
Illustrators: 10most by Kagemaru Himeno
Printed: 2011–2025
Printed as: Basic
HP on card: 50–90

They span 9 sets, from Black & White to White Flare. 10 illustrators have drawn it, most often Kagemaru Himeno, Akira Komayama and KEIICHIRO ITO.

Who draws Basculin

10 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

9 sets, by how many Basculin cards each holds.

Rarity

Common5Uncommon4Illustration rare1Promo1

Questions

How many Basculin cards are there?: There are 11 Basculin cards, printed between 2011 and 2025 across 9 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Basculin card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Basculin art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Basculin cards?: 10 illustrators have drawn Basculin. Kagemaru Himeno has done the most at 2, followed by Akira Komayama and KEIICHIRO ITO.
What was the first Basculin card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Black & White, released in 2011. 5 of its 11 cards are Common.