No. 139 · Kanto · Water/Rock
Omastarcards
Omastar is a Water/Rock-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 139 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
- 17
- Sets
- 15
- Printed
- 1999–2023
- Illustrators
- 13
- Sightings
- 5
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The strongest Omastar art

01/06Omastar V
Ultra Rare

02/06Omastar BREAK
Ultra Rare

03/06Omastar
Rare

04/06Omastar
Rare

05/06Omastar
Rare

06/06Dark Omastar
Rare
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Which is the better picture?
Two Omastar cards, side by side.
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Omastar by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Omastar cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Omastar gets drawn
Omastar is usually drawn mysterious, eerie and moody, underwater.
Across 15 Omastar artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2023
Omastar through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Fossil
2001 Neo Discovery
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Skyridge
2006 Holon Phantoms
2007 Power Keepers
2008 Majestic Dawn
2009 Arceus
2016 Fates Collide
2019 Team Up
2022 Silver Tempest
2023 151
Evolves from
Omanyte16 cards
Omastarthis page · 17 cards
Omastar sightingsspotted in 5 other cards
Cards where Omastar turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Omastar card
17 cards, strongest artwork first.
Omastar in numbers
- Cards
- 17
- Sets
- 15since Fossil
- Illustrators
- 13most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2023
- Printed as
- Basic, Stage 1, Stage 2, BREAK
- Sightings
- 5in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 70–190
They span 15 sets, from Fossil to 151. 13 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Hajime Kusajima and Saki Hayashiro. It has been printed as Basic, Stage 1, Stage 2 and BREAK.
Who draws Omastar
13 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
15 sets, by how many Omastar cards each holds.
Fates Collide2
Silver Tempest2
1511
Arceus1
Fossil1
Holon Phantoms1
Legend Maker1
Legendary Collection1
Majestic Dawn1
Neo Destiny1
Neo Discovery1
Power Keepers1
3 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Omastar cards are there?
- There are 17 Omastar cards, printed between 1999 and 2023 across 15 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Omastar card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Omastar art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Omastar cards?
- 13 illustrators have drawn Omastar. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 3, followed by Hajime Kusajima and Saki Hayashiro.
- What was the first Omastar card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 11 of its 17 cards are Rare.












