No. 97 · Kanto · Psychic
Hypnocards
Hypno is a Psychic-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 97 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 23
- Sets
- 20
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Illustrators
- 17
- Sightings
- 2
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The strongest Hypno art

01/06Hypno
Rare

02/06Hypno
Uncommon

03/06Hypno
Uncommon

04/06Dark Hypno
Rare

05/06Dark Hypno
Rare

06/06Team Rocket's Hypno
Uncommon
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Which is the better picture?
Two Hypno cards, side by side.
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Hypno by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Hypno cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Hypno gets drawn
Hypno is usually drawn eerie, mysterious and moody, sometimes retro, often hypnotizing, in dim light.
Across 21 Hypno artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2025
Hypno through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Fossil
2000 Team Rocket
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2005 Delta Species
2008 Great Encounters
2010 HeartGold SoulSilver
2014 Furious Fists
2016 BREAKpoint
2017 Sun & Moon
2019 Unbroken Bonds
2021 Evolving Skies
2022 Silver Tempest
2023 151
2024 Shrouded Fable
2025 Destined Rivals
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Hypnothis page · 23 cards
Hypno sightingsspotted in 2 other cards
Cards where Hypno turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Hypno card
23 cards, strongest artwork first.
Hypno in numbers
- Cards
- 23
- Sets
- 20since Fossil
- Illustrators
- 17most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Stage 1
- Sightings
- 2in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 60–130
They span 20 sets, from Fossil to Destined Rivals. 17 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Mitsuhiro Arita and Kagemaru Himeno.
Who draws Hypno
17 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
20 sets, by how many Hypno cards each holds.
Aquapolis2
Fossil2
Team Rocket2
1511
BREAKpoint1
Delta Species1
Destined Rivals1
Evolving Skies1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Furious Fists1
Great Encounters1
Gym Challenge1
8 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Hypno cards are there?
- There are 23 Hypno cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 20 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Hypno card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Hypno art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Hypno cards?
- 17 illustrators have drawn Hypno. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 4, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and Kagemaru Himeno.
- What was the first Hypno card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 14 of its 23 cards are Rare.













