No. 116 · Kanto · Water
Horseacards
Horsea is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 116 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2024. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 27
- Sets
- 22
- Printed
- 1999–2024
- Illustrators
- 22
- Sightings
- 8
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The strongest Horsea art

01/06Horsea
Illustration rare

02/06Horsea
Common

03/06Horsea δ
Uncommon

04/06Horsea
Common

05/06Horsea
Promo

06/06Horsea
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Horsea cards, side by side.
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A Horsea page, ready to go
Nine of the strongest Horsea artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Horsea by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Horsea cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Horsea gets drawn
Horsea is usually drawn peaceful, playful and serene, almost always swimming, underwater.
Across 26 Horsea artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2024
Horsea through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Fossil
2000 Gym Heroes
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2006 Dragon Frontiers
2008 Legends Awakened
2010 Unleashed
2013 Plasma Freeze
2015 Primal Clash
2017 Burning Shadows
2018 Dragon Majesty
2021 Battle Styles
2022 Lost Origin
2023 Paradox Rift
2024 Shrouded Fable
Evolves into
Horseathis page · 27 cards
Seadra22 cards
Horsea sightingsspotted in 8 other cards
Cards where Horsea turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Horsea card
27 cards, strongest artwork first.
Horsea in numbers
- Cards
- 27
- Sets
- 22since Fossil
- Illustrators
- 22most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2024
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 8in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 40–60
They span 22 sets, from Fossil to Shrouded Fable. 22 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Atsuko Nishida and Hisao Nakamura.
Who draws Horsea
22 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
22 sets, by how many Horsea cards each holds.
Aquapolis2
Dragon2
Dragon Frontiers2
Dragon Majesty2
Shrouded Fable2
1511
Battle Styles1
Burning Shadows1
Fossil1
Gym Challenge1
Gym Heroes1
Holon Phantoms1
10 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Horsea cards are there?
- There are 27 Horsea cards, printed between 1999 and 2024 across 22 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Horsea card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Horsea art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Horsea cards?
- 22 illustrators have drawn Horsea. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 3, followed by Atsuko Nishida and Hisao Nakamura.
- What was the first Horsea card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 23 of its 27 cards are Common.



























