No. 173 · Johto · Fairy
Cleffacards
Cleffa is a Fairy-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 173 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2024. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 15
- Sets
- 13
- Printed
- 1999–2024
- Illustrators
- 13
- Sightings
- 4
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The strongest Cleffa art

01/06Cleffa
Illustration rare

02/06Togepi & Cleffa & Igglybuff GX
Ultra Rare

03/06Cleffa
Promo

04/06Cleffa
Promo

05/06Cleffa
Rare

06/06Cleffa
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Cleffa cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Cleffa artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Cleffa by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Cleffa cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Cleffa gets drawn
Cleffa is usually drawn playful, peaceful and cute, sometimes rustic, at night.
Across 14 Cleffa artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2024
Cleffa through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Wizards Black Star Promos
2000 Neo Genesis
2003 Skyridge
2005 Unseen Forces
2007 Diamond & Pearl
2010 HGSS Black Star Promos
2011 Call of Legends
2019 Cosmic Eclipse
2023 Obsidian Flames
2024 Paldean Fates
Evolves into
Cleffathis page · 15 cards
Clefairy39 cards
Cleffa sightingsspotted in 4 other cards
Cards where Cleffa turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Cleffa card
15 cards, strongest artwork first.
Cleffa in numbers
- Cards
- 15
- Sets
- 13since Wizards Black Star Promos
- Illustrators
- 13most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2024
- Printed as
- Baby, Basic
- Sightings
- 4in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 30–240
They span 13 sets, from Wizards Black Star Promos to Paldean Fates. 13 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Masakazu Fukuda and HYOGONOSUKE. It has been printed as Baby and Basic.
Who draws Cleffa
13 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
13 sets, by how many Cleffa cards each holds.
Obsidian Flames2
SVP Black Star Promos2
Call of Legends1
Cosmic Eclipse1
Diamond & Pearl1
HGSS Black Star Promos1
HeartGold SoulSilver1
Neo Genesis1
Paldean Fates1
Skyridge1
Unbroken Bonds1
Unseen Forces1
1 more set
Rarity
Questions
- How many Cleffa cards are there?
- There are 15 Cleffa cards, printed between 1999 and 2024 across 13 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Cleffa card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Cleffa art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Cleffa cards?
- 13 illustrators have drawn Cleffa. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 2, followed by Masakazu Fukuda and HYOGONOSUKE.
- What was the first Cleffa card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Wizards Black Star Promos, released in 1999. 4 of its 15 cards are Common.









