No. 56 · Kanto · Fighting
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Mankey is a Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 56 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
- 27
- Sets
- 25
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Illustrators
- 18
- Sightings
- 2
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The strongest Mankey art
01/06Mankey
Common
02/06Mankey
Common
03/06Mankey
Common
04/06Mankey
Common
05/06Mankey
Common
06/06Blaine's Mankey
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Mankey cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Mankey artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Mankey by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Mankey cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Mankey gets drawn
Mankey is usually drawn fierce and tense, usually jumping, often painted.
Across 23 Mankey artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2026
Mankey through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Jungle- 2000 Gym Heroes
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Aquapolis
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen- 2006 Holon Phantoms
2008 Great Encounters
2009 Supreme Victors
2010 Unleashed
2013 Plasma Freeze
2016 Steam Siege
2017 Crimson Invasion
2019 McDonald's Collection 2019
2021 Fusion Strike- 2023 151
2024 Paldean Fates- 2025 Destined Rivals
2026 Pitch Black
Evolves into
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Mankey sightingsspotted in 2 other cards
Cards where Mankey turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Mankey card
27 cards, strongest artwork first.
Mankey in numbers
- Cards
- 27
- Sets
- 25since Jungle
- Illustrators
- 18most by Atsuko Nishida
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 2in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 30–70
They span 25 sets, from Jungle to Pitch Black. 18 illustrators have drawn it, most often Atsuko Nishida, Miki Tanaka and nagimiso.
Who draws Mankey
18 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
25 sets, by how many Mankey cards each holds.
Gym Heroes2
Paldean Fates2- 1511
Aquapolis1
Battle Styles1
Crimson Invasion1- Destined Rivals1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Fusion Strike1
Great Encounters1- Gym Challenge1
Holon Phantoms1
13 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Mankey cards are there?
- There are 27 Mankey cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 25 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Mankey card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Mankey art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Mankey cards?
- 18 illustrators have drawn Mankey. Atsuko Nishida has done the most at 3, followed by Miki Tanaka and nagimiso.
- What was the first Mankey card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Jungle, released in 1999. 24 of its 27 cards are Common.
