How many Celebi cards are there?

There are 37 Celebi cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 25 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Celebi card has the best artwork?

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

Who illustrates Celebi cards?

22 illustrators have drawn Celebi. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 4, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and Hironobu Yoshida.

What was the first Celebi card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Wizards Black Star Promos, released in 1999. 11 of its 37 cards are Rare.

No. 251 · Johto · Grass/Psychic

Celebicards

Celebi is a Grass/Psychic-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 251 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 37
Sets: 25
Printed: 1999–2026
Illustrators: 22
Sightings: 4

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The strongest Celebi art

01/06
Celebi V
Fusion Strike · 2021
Drawn by Teeziro
Ultra Rare
02/06
Celebi & Venusaur GX
SM Black Star Promos · 2017
Drawn by Shin Nagasawa
Promo
03/06
Celebi & Venusaur GX
Team Up · 2019
Drawn by 5ban Graphics
Ultra Rare
04/06
Celebi
XY Black Star Promos · 2013
Drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita
Promo
05/06
Celebi-EX
Boundaries Crossed · 2012
Drawn by 5ban Graphics
Ultra Rare
06/06
Celebi V
Chilling Reign · 2021
Drawn by PLANETA Tsuji
Ultra Rare

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Which is the better picture?

Two Celebi cards, side by side.

Celebi & Venusaur GX, SM Black Star Promos

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Celebi by scene

Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Celebi cards, the artwork that shows it most first.

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in the forest7 cards in space6 cards among flowers3 cards

How Celebi gets drawn

Celebi is usually drawn wondrous, mysterious and dreamy, sometimes ethereal, often flying, in spring, often in 3D.

Across 34 Celebi artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

wondrous91%8× more than most Pokémon
playful62%1.4× more than most Pokémon
mysterious59%3× more than most Pokémon
nostalgic29%1.6× more than most Pokémon
peaceful21%

Light and time

Glowing 85%In spring 21%

Wondrous31 of 34 artworks Dreamy24 of 34 artworks Glowing29 of 34 artworks Mysterious20 of 34 artworks

Drawn against type

The Celebi pictures least like the rest.

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1999–2026

Celebi through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

1999 Wizards Black Star Promos
2001 Neo Revelation
2002 Neo Destiny
2003 Skyridge
2004 Hidden Legends
2005 Unseen Forces
2006 Crystal Guardians
2007 Mysterious Treasures
2010 Triumphant
2012 Boundaries Crossed
2013 XY Black Star Promos
2017 SM Black Star Promos
2018 Lost Thunder
2019 Team Up
2020 Vivid Voltage
2021 Fusion Strike
2024 Stellar Crown
2025 Mega Evolution
2026 30th Classic Collection

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Celebi sightingsspotted in 4 other cards

Cards where Celebi turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.

Every Celebi card

37 cards, strongest artwork first.

37 of 37 cards

Celebi in numbers

Cards: 37
Sets: 25since Wizards Black Star Promos
Illustrators: 22most by 5ban Graphics
Printed: 1999–2026
Printed as: Basic, VMAX
Sightings: 4in other cards' art
HP on card: 50–310

They span 25 sets, from Wizards Black Star Promos to 30th Classic Collection. 22 illustrators have drawn it, most often 5ban Graphics, Mitsuhiro Arita and Hironobu Yoshida. It has been printed as Basic and VMAX.

Who draws Celebi

22 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

25 sets, by how many Celebi cards each holds.

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Rarity

Rare11Promo6Ultra Rare5Common2Holo Rare2Holo Rare V2

Questions

How many Celebi cards are there?: There are 37 Celebi cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 25 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Celebi card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Celebi art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Celebi cards?: 22 illustrators have drawn Celebi. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 4, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and Hironobu Yoshida.
What was the first Celebi card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Wizards Black Star Promos, released in 1999. 11 of its 37 cards are Rare.