Illudex

No. 104 · Kanto · Ground

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Cubone is a Ground-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 104 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards
21
Sets
21
Printed
1999–2025
Illustrators
20
Sightings
1

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The strongest Cubone art

  1. 01/06

    Cubone

    BREAKthrough · 2015

    Drawn by Sumiyoshi Kizuki

    Common

  2. 02/06

    Cubone

    Journey Together · 2025

    Drawn by Mugi Hamada

    Common

  3. 03/06

    Cubone

    Hidden Fates · 2019

    Drawn by Hasuno

    Common

  4. 04/06

    Cubone

    151 · 2023

    Drawn by Shinya Komatsu

    Common

  5. 05/06

    Cubone

    Forbidden Light · 2018

    Drawn by sowsow

    Common

  6. 06/06

    Cubone

    Battle Styles · 2021

    Drawn by You Iribi

    Common

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Which is the better picture?

Two Cubone cards, side by side.

Cubone, Journey Together
Cubone, Stellar Crown
Cubone, Battle Styles
Cubone, 151
Cubone, BREAKthrough
Cubone, Forbidden Light
Cubone, Hidden Fates
Cubone, Unbroken Bonds
Cubone, Unified Minds

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Nine of the strongest Cubone artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.

Cubone by scene

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

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How Cubone gets drawn

Cubone is usually drawn melancholy, sometimes rustic, at dusk, in golden light.

Across 20 Cubone artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Drawn against type

The Cubone pictures least like the rest.

Build a page of melancholy Cubone

1999–2025

Cubone through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

  1. 1999 Jungle
  2. 2000 Base Set 2
  3. 2002 Expedition Base Set
  4. 2003 Aquapolis
  5. 2004 Team Magma vs Team Aqua
  6. 2005 Delta Species
  7. 2008 Legends Awakened
  8. 2010 Triumphant
  9. 2012 Dragons Exalted
  10. 2015 BREAKthrough
  11. 2017 Crimson Invasion
  12. 2018 Forbidden Light
  13. 2019 Hidden Fates
  14. 2021 Battle Styles
  15. 2023 151
  16. 2024 Stellar Crown
  17. 2025 Journey Together
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Evolves into

  1. Cubonethis page · 21 cards
  2. Marowak22 cards

Cubone sightingsspotted in 1 other card

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

Every Cubone card

21 cards, strongest artwork first.

21 of 21 cards

Cubone in numbers

Cards
21
Sets
21since Jungle
Illustrators
20most by Mitsuhiro Arita
Printed
1999–2025
Printed as
Basic
Sightings
1in other cards' art
HP on card
40–70

They span 21 sets, from Jungle to Journey Together. 20 illustrators have drawn it, most often Mitsuhiro Arita, Atsuko Nishida and Aya Kusube.

Who draws Cubone

20 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

21 sets, by how many Cubone cards each holds.

9 more sets

Rarity

Common21

Questions

How many Cubone cards are there?
There are 21 Cubone cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 21 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Cubone card has the best artwork?
That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Cubone art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Cubone cards?
20 illustrators have drawn Cubone. Mitsuhiro Arita has done the most at 2, followed by Atsuko Nishida and Aya Kusube.
What was the first Cubone card?
Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Jungle, released in 1999. 21 of its 21 cards are Common.

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