No. 393 · Sinnoh · Water
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Piplup is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Sinnoh, number 393 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2007 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 27
- Sets
- 18
- Printed
- 2007–2025
- Illustrators
- 20
- Sightings
- 8
Start here
The strongest Piplup art
01/06Piplup
Illustration rare
MEP Black Star Promos02/06Piplup
Promo
03/06Piplup
Secret Rare
04/06Blastoise & Piplup GX
Ultra Rare
05/06Blastoise & Piplup GX
Ultra Rare
06/06Blastoise & Piplup GX
Ultra Rare
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Which is the better picture?
Two Piplup cards, side by side.
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Piplup by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Piplup cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Piplup gets drawn
Piplup is usually drawn playful, peaceful and cute, often splashing, in the snow, in winter.
Across 24 Piplup artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
2007–2025
Piplup through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2007 POP Series 6
2008 POP Series 8
2009 Platinum
2012 Dark Explorers
2013 Legendary Treasures- 2015 BREAKthrough
2018 Ultra Prism
2019 Cosmic Eclipse
2021 McDonald's Collection 2021- 2022 Brilliant Stars
- 2025 Phantasmal Flames
Evolves into
- Piplupthis page · 27 cards
Prinplup11 cards
Piplup sightingsspotted in 8 other cards
Cards where Piplup turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Piplup card
27 cards, strongest artwork first.
Piplup in numbers
- Cards
- 27
- Sets
- 18since DP Black Star Promos
- Illustrators
- 20most by Atsuko Nishida
- Printed
- 2007–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 8in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 50–270
They span 18 sets, from DP Black Star Promos to Phantasmal Flames. 20 illustrators have drawn it, most often Atsuko Nishida, 5ban Graphics and Ken Sugimori.
Who draws Piplup
20 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
18 sets, by how many Piplup cards each holds.
- Cosmic Eclipse6
Legendary Treasures2
Majestic Dawn2- Phantasmal Flames2
Ultra Prism2
BREAKthrough1
Brilliant Stars1
DP Black Star Promos1- DP trainer Kit (Manaphy)DP trainer Kit (Manaphy)1
Dark Explorers1
Diamond & Pearl1- MEP Black Star PromosMEP Black Star Promos1
6 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Piplup cards are there?
- There are 27 Piplup cards, printed between 2007 and 2025 across 18 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Piplup card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Piplup art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Piplup cards?
- 20 illustrators have drawn Piplup. Atsuko Nishida has done the most at 4, followed by 5ban Graphics and Ken Sugimori.
- What was the first Piplup card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from DP Black Star Promos, released in 2007. 17 of its 27 cards are Common.
