No. 246 · Johto · Ground/Rock
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Larvitar is a Ground/Rock-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 246 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2001 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 30
- Sets
- 24
- Printed
- 2001–2025
- Illustrators
- 25
- Sightings
- 1
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The strongest Larvitar art

01/06Larvitar
Illustration rare

02/06Larvitar
Common

03/06Larvitar
Common

04/06Larvitar
Common

05/06Larvitar
Common

06/06Larvitar
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Larvitar cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Larvitar artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Larvitar by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Larvitar cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Larvitar gets drawn
Larvitar is usually drawn nostalgic and adventurous, sometimes rustic.
Across 29 Larvitar artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
2001–2025
Larvitar through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2001 Neo Discovery
2002 Expedition Base Set
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2005 Unseen Forces
2006 Dragon Frontiers
2007 Mysterious Treasures
2008 Stormfront
2010 Unleashed
2016 Fates Collide
2018 Lost Thunder
2019 Team Up
2020 Darkness Ablaze
2022 Pokémon GO
2023 Obsidian Flames
2025 Prismatic Evolutions
Evolves into
Larvitarthis page · 30 cards
Pupitar27 cards
Larvitar sightingsspotted in 1 other card
Cards where Larvitar turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Larvitar card
30 cards, strongest artwork first.
Larvitar in numbers
- Cards
- 30
- Sets
- 24since Neo Discovery
- Illustrators
- 25most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 2001–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 1in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 40–70
They span 24 sets, from Neo Discovery to Destined Rivals. 25 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Kouki Saitou and Masakazu Fukuda.
Who draws Larvitar
25 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
24 sets, by how many Larvitar cards each holds.
Dragon Frontiers2
Fates Collide2
Lost Thunder2
Obsidian Flames2
Team Rocket Returns2
Unleashed2
Aquapolis1
Celestial Storm1
Darkness Ablaze1
Delta Species1
Destined Rivals1
Emerald1
12 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Larvitar cards are there?
- There are 30 Larvitar cards, printed between 2001 and 2025 across 24 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Larvitar card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Larvitar art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Larvitar cards?
- 25 illustrators have drawn Larvitar. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 3, followed by Kouki Saitou and Masakazu Fukuda.
- What was the first Larvitar card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Neo Discovery, released in 2001. 29 of its 30 cards are Common.





















