No. 127 · Kanto · Bug
Pinsircards
Pinsir is a Bug-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 127 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
- 24
- Sets
- 22
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Illustrators
- 20
- Sightings
- 2
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The strongest Pinsir art
01/06Pinsir
Illustration rare
02/06Pinsir GX
Ultra Rare
03/06Pinsir δ
Rare
04/06Pinsir
Common
05/06Ethan's Pinsir
Uncommon
06/06Pinsir
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Pinsir cards, side by side.
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Pinsir by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Pinsir cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Pinsir gets drawn
Pinsir is usually drawn fierce and tense, often charging.
Across 21 Pinsir artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2025
Pinsir through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Jungle- 2000 Gym Challenge
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Hidden Legends- 2006 Dragon Frontiers
2007 Secret Wonders
2009 Supreme Victors
2010 Undaunted
2012 Next Destinies
2015 BREAKthrough
2016 Generations
2017 Sun & Moon
2018 Lost Thunder- 2019 Hidden Fates
- 2021 Evolving Skies
- 2023 151
- 2024 Twilight Masquerade
- 2025 Prismatic Evolutions
Pinsir sightingsspotted in 2 other cards
Cards where Pinsir turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Pinsir card
24 cards, strongest artwork first.
Pinsir in numbers
- Cards
- 24
- Sets
- 22since Jungle
- Illustrators
- 20most by Kagemaru Himeno
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 2in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 60–180
They span 22 sets, from Jungle to Destined Rivals. 20 illustrators have drawn it, most often Kagemaru Himeno, Ken Sugimori and Satoshi Shirai.
Who draws Pinsir
20 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
22 sets, by how many Pinsir cards each holds.
Jungle2- Twilight Masquerade2
1511
Aquapolis1
BREAKthrough1
Base Set 21- Destined Rivals1
- Dragon Frontiers1
Evolving Skies1
Generations1
Gym Challenge1- Hidden Fates1
10 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Pinsir cards are there?
- There are 24 Pinsir cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 22 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Pinsir card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Pinsir art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Pinsir cards?
- 20 illustrators have drawn Pinsir. Kagemaru Himeno has done the most at 3, followed by Ken Sugimori and Satoshi Shirai.
- What was the first Pinsir card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Jungle, released in 1999. 10 of its 24 cards are Rare.
