No. 91 · Kanto · Water/Ice
Cloystercards
Cloyster is a Water/Ice-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 91 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2023. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 14
- Sets
- 13
- Printed
- 1999–2023
- Illustrators
- 11
- Sightings
- 1
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The strongest Cloyster art
01/06Cloyster
Uncommon
02/06Cloyster
Holo Rare
03/06Cloyster
Rare
04/06Cloyster
Uncommon
05/06Cloyster
Rare
06/06Cloyster
Rare
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Which is the better picture?
Two Cloyster cards, side by side.
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Cloyster by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Cloyster cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Cloyster gets drawn
Cloyster is usually drawn nostalgic, sometimes spooky, often swimming, underwater.
Across 13 Cloyster artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2023
Cloyster through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Fossil- 2000 Gym Heroes
- 2002 Expedition Base Set
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen- 2006 Dragon Frontiers
2007 Secret Wonders- 2014 XY
2016 Generations- 2017 Sun & Moon
- 2020 Sword & Shield
- 2021 Fusion Strike
- 2023 151
Evolves from
Shellder14 cards- Cloysterthis page · 14 cards
Cloyster sightingsspotted in 1 other card
Cards where Cloyster turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Cloyster card
14 cards, strongest artwork first.
Cloyster in numbers
- Cards
- 14
- Sets
- 13since Fossil
- Illustrators
- 11most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2023
- Printed as
- Stage 1
- Sightings
- 1in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 50–130
They span 13 sets, from Fossil to 151. 11 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Kyoko Umemoto and Masakazu Fukuda.
Who draws Cloyster
11 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
13 sets, by how many Cloyster cards each holds.
- Expedition Base Set2
- 1511
- BREAKpoint1
Dragon Frontiers1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Fossil1- Fusion Strike1
Generations1
Gym Heroes1
Secret Wonders1
Sun & Moon1- Sword & Shield1
1 more set
Rarity
Questions
- How many Cloyster cards are there?
- There are 14 Cloyster cards, printed between 1999 and 2023 across 13 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Cloyster card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Cloyster art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Cloyster cards?
- 11 illustrators have drawn Cloyster. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 2, followed by Kyoko Umemoto and Masakazu Fukuda.
- What was the first Cloyster card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 8 of its 14 cards are Rare.
