No. 318 · Hoenn · Water/Dark
Carvanhacards
Carvanha is a Water/Dark-type Pokémon introduced in Hoenn, number 318 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2003 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 23
- Sets
- 21
- Printed
- 2003–2025
- Illustrators
- 23
- Sightings
- 1
Start here
The strongest Carvanha art
01/06Team Aqua's Carvanha
Common
02/06Carvanha
Common
03/06Carvanha
Common
04/06Carvanha
Common
05/06Team Aqua's Carvanha
Common
06/06Carvanha
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Carvanha cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Carvanha artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Carvanha by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Carvanha cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Carvanha gets drawn
Carvanha is usually drawn fierce, tense and moody, almost always swimming, underwater.
Across 23 Carvanha artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
2003–2025
Carvanha through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2003 Ruby & Sapphire
2004 Team Magma vs Team Aqua
2005 Deoxys- 2006 Holon Phantoms
2007 Secret Wonders
2009 Rising Rivals
2010 Triumphant
2013 Plasma Storm- 2015 Double Crisis
2017 Guardians Rising
2019 Cosmic Eclipse- 2020 Champion's Path
2021 Fusion Strike- 2023 Obsidian Flames
- 2024 Temporal Forces
- 2025 Phantasmal Flames
Evolves into
- Carvanhathis page · 23 cards
Sharpedo26 cards
Carvanha sightingsspotted in 1 other card
Cards where Carvanha turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Carvanha card
23 cards, strongest artwork first.
Carvanha in numbers
- Cards
- 23
- Sets
- 21since Ruby & Sapphire
- Illustrators
- 23most by Hajime Kusajima
- Printed
- 2003–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 1in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 40–70
They span 21 sets, from Ruby & Sapphire to Phantasmal Flames. 23 illustrators have drawn it, most often Hajime Kusajima, Hasuno and Hideki Ishikawa.
Who draws Carvanha
23 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
21 sets, by how many Carvanha cards each holds.
- Team Magma vs Team Aqua3
- Champion's Path1
Cosmic Eclipse1
Deoxys1- Double Crisis1
- Evolving Skies1
Fusion Strike1
Guardians Rising1
Holon Phantoms1- Obsidian Flames1
Phantasmal Flames1
Plasma Storm1
9 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Carvanha cards are there?
- There are 23 Carvanha cards, printed between 2003 and 2025 across 21 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Carvanha card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Carvanha art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Carvanha cards?
- 23 illustrators have drawn Carvanha. Hajime Kusajima has done the most at 1, followed by Hasuno and Hideki Ishikawa.
- What was the first Carvanha card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Ruby & Sapphire, released in 2003. 21 of its 23 cards are Common.
