How many Giratina cards are there?

There are 30 Giratina cards, printed between 2007 and 2023 across 15 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Giratina card has the best artwork?

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

Who illustrates Giratina cards?

20 illustrators have drawn Giratina. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 8, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and Shizurow.

What was the first Giratina card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from DP Black Star Promos, released in 2007. 7 of its 30 cards are Rare.

No. 487 · Sinnoh · Ghost/Dragon

Giratinacards

Giratina is a Ghost/Dragon-type Pokémon introduced in Sinnoh, number 487 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2007 to 2023. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 30
Sets: 15
Printed: 2007–2023
Illustrators: 20
Sightings: 2

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The strongest Giratina art

01/06
Giratina V
Lost Origin · 2022
Drawn by Shinji Kanda
Ultra Rare
02/06
Giratina VSTAR
Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery · 2023
Drawn by AKIRA EGAWA
Secret Rare
03/06
Garchomp & Giratina GX
SM Black Star Promos · 2017
Drawn by Anesaki Dynamic
Promo
04/06
Garchomp & Giratina GX
Unified Minds · 2019
Drawn by aky CG Works
Ultra Rare
05/06
Giratina EX
Ancient Origins · 2015
Drawn by Ryo Ueda
Ultra Rare
06/06
Giratina-EX
Dragons Exalted · 2012
Drawn by 5ban Graphics
Ultra Rare

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Which is the better picture?

Two Giratina cards, side by side.

Garchomp & Giratina GX, SM Black Star Promos

Giratina VSTAR, Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

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Giratina by scene

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

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in space6 cards in a storm4 cards spooky3 cards

How Giratina gets drawn

Giratina is usually drawn epic, fierce and psychedelic, sometimes eerie, often lunging, often in 3D.

Across 27 Giratina artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

tense100%2.6× more than most Pokémon
epic100%4× more than most Pokémon
fierce93%3× more than most Pokémon
mysterious74%4× more than most Pokémon
eerie37%7× more than most Pokémon

Light and time

In dramatic light 82%Glowing 74%

Epic27 of 27 artworks Fierce25 of 27 artworks Futuristic18 of 27 artworks Mysterious20 of 27 artworks

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2007–2023

Giratina through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

2007 DP Black Star Promos
2008 Legends Awakened
2009 Platinum
2011 BW Black Star Promos
2012 Dragons Exalted
2013 XY Black Star Promos
2015 Ancient Origins
2017 SM Black Star Promos
2018 Ultra Prism
2019 SWSH Black Star Promos
2022 Lost Origin
2023 Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

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Giratina sightingsspotted in 2 other cards

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

Every Giratina card

30 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Giratina in numbers

Cards: 30
Sets: 15since DP Black Star Promos
Illustrators: 20most by 5ban Graphics
Printed: 2007–2023
Printed as: Basic, LV.X, VSTAR
Sightings: 2in other cards' art
HP on card: 100–280

They span 15 sets, from DP Black Star Promos to Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery. 20 illustrators have drawn it, most often 5ban Graphics, Mitsuhiro Arita and Shizurow. It has been printed as Basic, LV.X and VSTAR.

Who draws Giratina

20 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

15 sets, by how many Giratina cards each holds.

3 more sets

Rarity

Rare7Ultra Rare7Promo4Secret Rare4Common2Holo Rare2

Questions

How many Giratina cards are there?: There are 30 Giratina cards, printed between 2007 and 2023 across 15 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Giratina card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Giratina art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Giratina cards?: 20 illustrators have drawn Giratina. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 8, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and Shizurow.
What was the first Giratina card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from DP Black Star Promos, released in 2007. 7 of its 30 cards are Rare.