How many Ekans cards are there?

There are 17 Ekans cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 16 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Ekans card has the best artwork?

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

Who illustrates Ekans cards?

15 illustrators have drawn Ekans. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 3, followed by Atsuko Nishida and DemizuPosuka.

What was the first Ekans card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 17 of its 17 cards are Common.

No. 23 · Kanto · Poison

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Ekans is a Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 23 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: 17
Sets: 16
Printed: 1999–2025
Illustrators: 15
Sightings: 1

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The strongest Ekans art

01/06
Ekans
151 · 2023
Drawn by Kedamahadaitai Yawarakai
Common
02/06
Ekans
Temporal Forces · 2024
Drawn by Shimaris Yukichi
Common
03/06
Ekans
Unbroken Bonds · 2019
Drawn by Yumi
Common
04/06
Ekans
Hidden Fates · 2019
Drawn by MAHOU
Common
05/06
Ekans
Hidden Fates · 2019
Drawn by Masakazu Fukuda
Common
06/06
Team Rocket's Ekans
Destined Rivals · 2025
Drawn by KEIICHIRO ITO
Common

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Which is the better picture?

Two Ekans cards, side by side.

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Ekans by scene

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

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How Ekans gets drawn

Ekans is usually drawn nostalgic, sometimes rustic, almost always coiling.

Across 17 Ekans artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

Coiling14 of 17 artworks Hissing7 of 17 artworks Slithering3 of 17 artworks Nostalgic7 of 17 artworks

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1999–2025

Ekans through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

1999 Fossil
2000 Gym Challenge
2002 Expedition Base Set
2003 Sandstorm
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2006 Dragon Frontiers
2008 Great Encounters
2014 XY
2017 Shining Legends
2019 Hidden Fates
2020 Champion's Path
2023 151
2024 Temporal Forces
2025 Destined Rivals

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Ekans sightingsspotted in 1 other card

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

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Every Ekans card

17 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Ekans in numbers

Cards: 17
Sets: 16since Fossil
Illustrators: 15most by Ken Sugimori
Printed: 1999–2025
Printed as: Basic
Sightings: 1in other cards' art
HP on card: 40–70

They span 16 sets, from Fossil to Destined Rivals. 15 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Atsuko Nishida and DemizuPosuka.

Who draws Ekans

15 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

16 sets, by how many Ekans cards each holds.

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Rarity

Common17

Questions

How many Ekans cards are there?: There are 17 Ekans cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 16 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Ekans card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Ekans art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Ekans cards?: 15 illustrators have drawn Ekans. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 3, followed by Atsuko Nishida and DemizuPosuka.
What was the first Ekans card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 17 of its 17 cards are Common.