How many Darkrai cards are there?

There are 42 Darkrai cards, printed between 2007 and 2026 across 24 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Darkrai card has the best artwork?

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

Who illustrates Darkrai cards?

25 illustrators have drawn Darkrai. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 10, followed by Shizurow and Mitsuhiro Arita.

What was the first Darkrai card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from DP Black Star Promos, released in 2007. 8 of its 42 cards are Ultra Rare.

No. 491 · Sinnoh · Dark

Darkraicards

Darkrai is a Dark-type Pokémon introduced in Sinnoh, number 491 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2007 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 42
Sets: 24
Printed: 2007–2026
Illustrators: 25
Sightings: 13

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The strongest Darkrai art

01/06
Mega Darkrai ex
Pitch Black · 2026
Drawn by AKIRA EGAWA
Special illustration rare
02/06
Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND
Triumphant · 2010
Drawn by Shinji Higuchi + Noriko Takaya
LEGEND
03/06
Umbreon & Darkrai GX
SM Black Star Promos · 2017
Drawn by so-taro
Promo
04/06
Darkrai
XY Black Star Promos · 2013
Drawn by kawayoo
Promo
05/06
Mega Darkrai ex
Pitch Black · 2026
Drawn by 5ban Graphics
Ultra Rare
06/06
Darkrai-EX
Dark Explorers · 2012
Drawn by 5ban Graphics
Ultra Rare

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Which is the better picture?

Two Darkrai cards, side by side.

Umbreon & Darkrai GX, SM Black Star Promos

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Darkrai by scene

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

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in space7 cards at night5 cards in the city3 cards

How Darkrai gets drawn

Darkrai is usually drawn mysterious, eerie and moody, sometimes psychedelic, often swirling, at night, often in 3D.

Across 35 Darkrai artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

mysterious97%5× more than most Pokémon
tense94%2.6× more than most Pokémon
epic71%3× more than most Pokémon
fierce54%2.1× more than most Pokémon
eerie51%10× more than most Pokémon

Light and time

At night 37%Glowing 86%In dramatic light 77%

Mysterious34 of 35 artworks Eerie18 of 35 artworks Moody33 of 35 artworks Tense33 of 35 artworks

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2007–2026

Darkrai through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

2007 DP Black Star Promos
2008 Majestic Dawn
2009 Rising Rivals
2010 Triumphant
2011 BW Black Star Promos
2012 Dark Explorers
2013 Legendary Treasures
2016 BREAKpoint
2017 SM Black Star Promos
2018 Ultra Prism
2019 Hidden Fates Shiny Vault
2020 Darkness Ablaze
2021 Fusion Strike
2022 Astral Radiance
2023 Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
2026 30th Classic Collection

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Darkrai sightingsspotted in 13 other cards

Cards where Darkrai turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding. See all 13.

Every Darkrai card

42 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Darkrai in numbers

Cards: 42
Sets: 24since DP Black Star Promos
Illustrators: 25most by 5ban Graphics
Printed: 2007–2026
Printed as: Basic, LV.X, VSTAR
Sightings: 13in other cards' art
HP on card: 70–280

They span 24 sets, from DP Black Star Promos to 30th Classic Collection. 25 illustrators have drawn it, most often 5ban Graphics, Shizurow and Mitsuhiro Arita. It has been printed as Basic, LV.X and VSTAR.

Who draws Darkrai

25 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

24 sets, by how many Darkrai cards each holds.

12 more sets

Rarity

Ultra Rare8Rare6Promo5Common4Holo Rare3Rare Holo3

Questions

How many Darkrai cards are there?: There are 42 Darkrai cards, printed between 2007 and 2026 across 24 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Darkrai card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Darkrai art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Darkrai cards?: 25 illustrators have drawn Darkrai. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 10, followed by Shizurow and Mitsuhiro Arita.
What was the first Darkrai card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from DP Black Star Promos, released in 2007. 8 of its 42 cards are Ultra Rare.