How many Kabutops cards are there?

There are 18 Kabutops cards, printed between 1999 and 2023 across 14 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Kabutops card has the best artwork?

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

Who illustrates Kabutops cards?

12 illustrators have drawn Kabutops. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 4, followed by Kouki Saitou and Kimiya Masago.

What was the first Kabutops card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 15 of its 18 cards are Rare.

No. 141 · Kanto · Water/Rock

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Kabutops is a Water/Rock-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 141 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2023. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 18
Sets: 14
Printed: 1999–2023
Illustrators: 12
Sightings: 8

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The strongest Kabutops art

01/06
Kabutops
Fates Collide · 2016
Drawn by Kyoko Umemoto
Rare
02/06
Kabutops
Arceus · 2009
Drawn by Hajime Kusajima
Holo Rare
03/06
Kabutops
151 · 2023
Drawn by Souichirou Gunjima
Rare
04/06
Shining Kabutops
Neo Destiny · 2002
Drawn by Hironobu Yoshida
Rare
05/06
Kabutops
Power Keepers · 2007
Drawn by Ken Sugimori
Rare
06/06
Kabutops δ
Holon Phantoms · 2006
Drawn by Masakazu Fukuda
Rare

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Which is the better picture?

Two Kabutops cards, side by side.

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Kabutops by scene

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How Kabutops gets drawn

Kabutops is usually drawn fierce, tense and moody, often slashing.

Across 16 Kabutops artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

fierce94%3× more than most Pokémon
tense88%2.1× more than most Pokémon
nostalgic63%2.8× more than most Pokémon
mysterious31%
epic25%

Fierce15 of 16 artworks Tense14 of 16 artworks Nostalgic10 of 16 artworks Moody12 of 16 artworks

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1999–2023

Kabutops through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

1999 Fossil
2001 Neo Discovery
2002 Neo Destiny
2003 Skyridge
2006 Holon Phantoms
2007 Power Keepers
2008 Majestic Dawn
2009 Arceus
2016 Fates Collide
2019 Team Up
2023 151

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Evolves from

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Kabutops sightingsspotted in 8 other cards

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

Every Kabutops card

18 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Kabutops in numbers

Cards: 18
Sets: 14since Fossil
Illustrators: 12most by Ken Sugimori
Printed: 1999–2023
Printed as: Basic, Stage 1, Stage 2
Sightings: 8in other cards' art
HP on card: 60–160

They span 14 sets, from Fossil to 151. 12 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Kouki Saitou and Kimiya Masago. It has been printed as Basic, Stage 1 and Stage 2.

Who draws Kabutops

12 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

14 sets, by how many Kabutops cards each holds.

2 more sets

Rarity

Rare15Holo Rare2Rare Holo1

Questions

How many Kabutops cards are there?: There are 18 Kabutops cards, printed between 1999 and 2023 across 14 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Kabutops card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Kabutops art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Kabutops cards?: 12 illustrators have drawn Kabutops. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 4, followed by Kouki Saitou and Kimiya Masago.
What was the first Kabutops card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 15 of its 18 cards are Rare.