How many Empoleon cards are there?

There are 23 Empoleon cards, printed between 2007 and 2025 across 19 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Empoleon card has the best artwork?

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

Who illustrates Empoleon cards?

16 illustrators have drawn Empoleon. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 3, followed by Ayaka Yoshida and Kouki Saitou.

What was the first Empoleon card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from DP Black Star Promos, released in 2007. 9 of its 23 cards are Rare.

No. 395 · Sinnoh · Water/Steel

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Empoleon is a Water/Steel-type Pokémon introduced in Sinnoh, number 395 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2007 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 23
Sets: 19
Printed: 2007–2025
Illustrators: 16

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The strongest Empoleon art

01/06
Empoleon V
Battle Styles · 2021
Drawn by chibi
Ultra Rare
02/06
Empoleon BREAK
XY Black Star Promos · 2013
Drawn by 5ban Graphics
Promo
03/06
Empoleon V
Battle Styles · 2021
Drawn by Ayaka Yoshida
Ultra Rare
04/06
Empoleon ex
Phantasmal Flames · 2025
Drawn by 5ban Graphics
Ultra Rare
05/06
Empoleon V
SWSH Black Star Promos · 2019
Drawn by PLANETA Mochizuki
Promo
06/06
Empoleon
Legendary Treasures · 2013
Drawn by kawayoo
Rare

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Which is the better picture?

Two Empoleon cards, side by side.

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Empoleon by scene

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

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How Empoleon gets drawn

Empoleon is usually drawn epic, tense and futuristic, often splashing, in the snow, in winter.

Across 19 Empoleon artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

epic74%2.8× more than most Pokémon
tense63%1.7× more than most Pokémon
fierce16%
wondrous16%
mysterious5%

Light and time

In dramatic light 63%In the snow 21%In winter 37%

Epic14 of 19 artworks In winter7 of 19 artworks In dramatic light12 of 19 artworks In the snow4 of 19 artworks

Drawn against type

The Empoleon pictures least like the rest.

playful

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2007–2025

Empoleon through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

2007 DP Black Star Promos
2008 Stormfront
2009 Platinum
2011 BW Black Star Promos
2012 Dark Explorers
2013 XY Black Star Promos
2015 BREAKthrough
2018 Forbidden Light
2019 SWSH Black Star Promos
2021 Battle Styles
2022 Brilliant Stars
2025 Phantasmal Flames

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Every Empoleon card

23 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Empoleon in numbers

Cards: 23
Sets: 19since DP Black Star Promos
Illustrators: 16most by 5ban Graphics
Printed: 2007–2025
Printed as: Basic, Stage 2, LV.X, BREAK
HP on card: 90–320

They span 19 sets, from DP Black Star Promos to Phantasmal Flames. 16 illustrators have drawn it, most often 5ban Graphics, Ayaka Yoshida and Kouki Saitou. It has been printed as Basic, Stage 2, LV.X and BREAK.

Who draws Empoleon

16 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

19 sets, by how many Empoleon cards each holds.

7 more sets

Rarity

Rare9Ultra Rare3Common2Promo2Rare Holo2Double rare1

Questions

How many Empoleon cards are there?: There are 23 Empoleon cards, printed between 2007 and 2025 across 19 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Empoleon card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Empoleon art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Empoleon cards?: 16 illustrators have drawn Empoleon. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 3, followed by Ayaka Yoshida and Kouki Saitou.
What was the first Empoleon card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from DP Black Star Promos, released in 2007. 9 of its 23 cards are Rare.