No. 57 · Kanto · Fighting
Primeapecards
Primeape is a Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 57 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
- 25
- Sets
- 24
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Illustrators
- 21
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The strongest Primeape art
01/06Primeape
Uncommon
02/06Primeape
Common
03/06Dark Primeape
Uncommon
04/06Primeape
Common
05/06Primeape
Common
06/06Primeape
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Primeape cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Primeape artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Primeape by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Primeape cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Primeape gets drawn
Primeape is usually drawn fierce and tense, often punching.
Across 23 Primeape artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2026
Primeape through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Jungle- 2000 Gym Challenge
2001 Southern Islands
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Aquapolis
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen- 2006 Holon Phantoms
2008 Great Encounters
2009 Supreme Victors
2010 Unleashed
2013 Plasma Freeze
2016 Steam Siege
2017 Crimson Invasion
2019 Team Up
2021 Battle Styles- 2023 151
2024 Paldean Fates- 2025 Destined Rivals
- 2026 Pitch Black
Evolution line
Mankey27 cards- Primeapethis page · 25 cards
Annihilape8 cards
Every Primeape card
25 cards, strongest artwork first.
Primeape in numbers
- Cards
- 25
- Sets
- 24since Jungle
- Illustrators
- 21most by Kagemaru Himeno
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Printed as
- Stage 1
- HP on card
- 60–120
They span 24 sets, from Jungle to Pitch Black. 21 illustrators have drawn it, most often Kagemaru Himeno, Mitsuhiro Arita and Ryuta Fuse.
Who draws Primeape
21 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
24 sets, by how many Primeape cards each holds.
Paldean Fates2- 1511
Aquapolis1
Battle Styles1
Crimson Invasion1- Destined Rivals1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Fusion Strike1
Great Encounters1
Gym Challenge1
Holon Phantoms1
Jungle1
12 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Primeape cards are there?
- There are 25 Primeape cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 24 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Primeape card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Primeape art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Primeape cards?
- 21 illustrators have drawn Primeape. Kagemaru Himeno has done the most at 3, followed by Mitsuhiro Arita and Ryuta Fuse.
- What was the first Primeape card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Jungle, released in 1999. 9 of its 25 cards are Rare.
