No. 44 · Kanto · Grass/Poison
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Gloom is a Grass/Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 44 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 26
- Sets
- 23
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Illustrators
- 22
- Sightings
- 1
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The strongest Gloom art

01/06Gloom
Illustration rare

02/06Gloom
Uncommon

03/06Gloom
Common

04/06Gloom
Uncommon

05/06Erika's Gloom
Uncommon

06/06Erika's Gloom
Uncommon
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Which is the better picture?
Two Gloom cards, side by side.
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A Gloom page, ready to go
Nine of the strongest Gloom artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Gloom by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Gloom cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Gloom gets drawn
Gloom is usually drawn funny and peaceful, sometimes melancholy, often drooling, in spring.
Across 26 Gloom artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2026
Gloom through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Jungle
2000 Gym Heroes
2002 Expedition Base Set
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Hidden Legends
2005 Unseen Forces
2006 Holon Phantoms
2008 Legends Awakened
2010 Undaunted
2012 Boundaries Crossed
2015 Ancient Origins
2017 Burning Shadows
2019 Cosmic Eclipse
2022 Lost Origin
2023 Obsidian Flames
2024 Paldean Fates
2025 Phantasmal Flames
2026 Ascended Heroes
Evolution line
Oddish28 cards
Gloomthis page · 26 cards
Vileplume26 cards
Bellossom12 cards
Gloom sightingsspotted in 1 other card
Cards where Gloom turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Gloom card
26 cards, strongest artwork first.
Gloom in numbers
- Cards
- 26
- Sets
- 23since Jungle
- Illustrators
- 22most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Printed as
- Stage 1
- Sightings
- 1in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 50–90
They span 23 sets, from Jungle to Ascended Heroes. 22 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Kyoko Umemoto and Mitsuhiro Arita.
Who draws Gloom
22 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
23 sets, by how many Gloom cards each holds.
Gym Heroes2
Legends Awakened2
Obsidian Flames2
1511
Ancient Origins1
Aquapolis1
Ascended Heroes1
Boundaries Crossed1
Burning Shadows1
Cosmic Eclipse1
Crown Zenith1
Expedition Base Set1
11 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Gloom cards are there?
- There are 26 Gloom cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 23 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Gloom card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Gloom art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Gloom cards?
- 22 illustrators have drawn Gloom. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 3, followed by Kyoko Umemoto and Mitsuhiro Arita.
- What was the first Gloom card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Jungle, released in 1999. 19 of its 26 cards are Uncommon.

















