No. 55 · Kanto · Water
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Golduck is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 55 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
- 22
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Illustrators
- 19
- Sightings
- 2
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The strongest Golduck art

01/06Golduck BREAK
Ultra Rare

02/06Golduck
Uncommon

03/06Golduck
Uncommon

04/06Misty's Golduck
Holo Rare

05/06Dark Golduck
Uncommon

06/06Golduck
Uncommon
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Which is the better picture?
Two Golduck cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Golduck artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Golduck by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Golduck cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Golduck gets drawn
Golduck is usually drawn nostalgic, usually swimming, often painted.
Across 24 Golduck artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
Drawn against type
The Golduck pictures least like the rest.
1999–2026
Golduck through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Fossil
2000 Gym Challenge
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2006 Holon Phantoms
2007 Secret Wonders
2009 Platinum
2010 Triumphant
2012 Boundaries Crossed
2016 BREAKpoint
2017 Sun & Moon
2019 Cosmic Eclipse
2021 Evolving Skies
2022 Astral Radiance
2023 151
2025 MEP Black Star Promos
2026 Ascended Heroes
Evolves from
Psyduck38 cards
Golduckthis page · 26 cards
Golduck sightingsspotted in 2 other cards
Cards where Golduck turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Golduck card
26 cards, strongest artwork first.
Golduck in numbers
- Cards
- 26
- Sets
- 22since Fossil
- Illustrators
- 19most by Kagemaru Himeno
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Printed as
- Stage 1, BREAK
- Sightings
- 2in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 60–140
They span 22 sets, from Fossil to Ascended Heroes. 19 illustrators have drawn it, most often Kagemaru Himeno, Ken Sugimori and Jiro Sasumo. It has been printed as Stage 1 and BREAK.
Who draws Golduck
19 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
22 sets, by how many Golduck cards each holds.
Aquapolis2
BREAKpoint2
Boundaries Crossed2
Gym Challenge2
1511
Ascended Heroes1
Astral Radiance1
Cosmic Eclipse1
Evolving Skies1
Fossil1
Holon Phantoms1
Legendary Collection1
10 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Golduck cards are there?
- There are 26 Golduck cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 22 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Golduck card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Golduck art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Golduck cards?
- 19 illustrators have drawn Golduck. Kagemaru Himeno has done the most at 3, followed by Ken Sugimori and Jiro Sasumo.
- What was the first Golduck card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 15 of its 26 cards are Uncommon.

















