No. 95 · Kanto · Ground/Rock
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Onix is a Ground/Rock-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 95 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 30
- Sets
- 28
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Illustrators
- 22
- Sightings
- 7
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The strongest Onix art
01/06Onix GX
Ultra Rare
02/06Onix
Common
03/06Onix
Common
04/06Onix
Common
05/06Onix
Common
06/06Brock's Onix
Rare
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Which is the better picture?
Two Onix cards, side by side.
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Onix by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Onix cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Onix gets drawn
Onix is usually drawn nostalgic, epic and moody, often burrowing, often painted.
Across 26 Onix artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2025
Onix through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Base Set- 2000 Gym Heroes
2001 Southern Islands
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2005 Unseen Forces
2007 Diamond & Pearl
2008 Stormfront
2010 Unleashed
2013 Plasma Freeze
2016 Evolutions
2018 Lost Thunder
2019 McDonald's Collection 2019
2021 Battle Styles- 2022 Pokémon GO
2023 151- 2025 Mega Evolution
Evolves into
- Onixthis page · 30 cards
Steelix34 cards
Onix sightingsspotted in 7 other cards
Cards where Onix turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Onix card
30 cards, strongest artwork first.
Onix in numbers
- Cards
- 30
- Sets
- 28since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 22most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 7in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 60–200
They span 28 sets, from Base Set to Mega Evolution. 22 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Mitsuhiro Arita and Atsuko Nishida.
Who draws Onix
22 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
28 sets, by how many Onix cards each holds.
- Gym Heroes2
Unleashed2
1511
Aquapolis1
Base Set1
Base Set 21
Battle Styles1- Celestial Storm1
- Cosmic Eclipse1
Diamond & Pearl1
Evolutions1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
16 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Onix cards are there?
- There are 30 Onix cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 28 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Onix card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Onix art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Onix cards?
- 22 illustrators have drawn Onix. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 6, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and Atsuko Nishida.
- What was the first Onix card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 24 of its 30 cards are Common.
