How many Moltres cards are there?

There are 44 Moltres cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 29 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Moltres card has the best artwork?

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

Who illustrates Moltres cards?

27 illustrators have drawn Moltres. Mitsuhiro Arita has done the most at 5, followed by 5ban Graphics and Kouki Saitou.

What was the first Moltres card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Wizards Black Star Promos, released in 1999. 16 of its 44 cards are Rare.

No. 146 · Kanto · Fire/Flying

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Moltres is a Fire/Flying-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 146 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: 44
Sets: 29
Printed: 1999–2026
Illustrators: 27
Sightings: 11

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The strongest Moltres art

01/06
Galarian Moltres
SWSH Black Star Promos · 2019
Drawn by Shinji Kanda
Promo
02/06
Team Rocket's Moltres ex
Destined Rivals · 2025
Drawn by AKIRA EGAWA
Special illustration rare
03/06
Galarian Moltres V
Chilling Reign · 2021
Drawn by Shibuzoh.
Ultra Rare
04/06
Moltres
30th Celebration · 2026
Drawn by mashu
Illustration rare
05/06
Galarian Moltres V
Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery · 2022
Drawn by Jiro Sasumo
Ultra Rare
06/06
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno GX
SM Black Star Promos · 2017
Drawn by HYOGONOSUKE
Promo

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Which is the better picture?

Two Moltres cards, side by side.

Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno GX, Hidden Fates

Galarian Moltres V, Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery

Team Rocket's Moltres ex, Destined Rivals

Galarian Moltres, SWSH Black Star Promos

Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno GX, SM Black Star Promos

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Moltres by scene

Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Moltres cards, the artwork that shows it most first.

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How Moltres gets drawn

Moltres is usually drawn epic, wondrous and moody, almost always flying.

Across 39 Moltres artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

epic97%4× more than most Pokémon
tense69%2× more than most Pokémon
fierce67%2.6× more than most Pokémon
wondrous54%5× more than most Pokémon
nostalgic33%1.8× more than most Pokémon

Light and time

Glowing 85%In dramatic light 59%

Flying36 of 39 artworks Epic38 of 39 artworks Burning12 of 39 artworks Wondrous21 of 39 artworks

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1999–2026

Moltres through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

1999 Fossil
2000 Gym Heroes
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Skyridge
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2008 Majestic Dawn
2009 Supreme Victors
2012 Next Destinies
2013 Legendary Treasures
2016 Fates Collide
2017 SM Black Star Promos
2018 Lost Thunder
2019 Hidden Fates
2021 Chilling Reign
2022 Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery
2023 151
2025 Destined Rivals
2026 30th Celebration

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Moltres sightingsspotted in 11 other cards

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

Every Moltres card

44 cards, strongest artwork first.

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Moltres in numbers

Cards: 44
Sets: 29since Wizards Black Star Promos
Illustrators: 27most by Mitsuhiro Arita
Printed: 1999–2026
Printed as: Basic
Sightings: 11in other cards' art
HP on card: 60–300

They span 29 sets, from Wizards Black Star Promos to 30th Celebration. 27 illustrators have drawn it, most often Mitsuhiro Arita, 5ban Graphics and Kouki Saitou.

Who draws Moltres

27 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

29 sets, by how many Moltres cards each holds.

17 more sets

Rarity

Rare16Holo Rare6Promo6Ultra Rare6Common3Secret Rare2

Questions

How many Moltres cards are there?: There are 44 Moltres cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 29 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Moltres card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Moltres art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Moltres cards?: 27 illustrators have drawn Moltres. Mitsuhiro Arita has done the most at 5, followed by 5ban Graphics and Kouki Saitou.
What was the first Moltres card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Wizards Black Star Promos, released in 1999. 16 of its 44 cards are Rare.