No. 394 · Sinnoh · Water
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Prinplup is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Sinnoh, number 394 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
- 11
- Sets
- 11
- Printed
- 2007–2025
- Illustrators
- 10
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The strongest Prinplup art
01/06Prinplup
Uncommon
02/06Prinplup
Uncommon
03/06Prinplup
Uncommon
04/06Prinplup
Common
05/06Prinplup
Uncommon
06/06Prinplup
Uncommon
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Which is the better picture?
Two Prinplup cards, side by side.
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Prinplup by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Prinplup cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Prinplup gets drawn
Prinplup is usually drawn serene, sometimes melancholy, at dusk, in the snow.
Across 10 Prinplup artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
2007–2025
Prinplup through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2007 DP trainer Kit (Manaphy)- 2008 Majestic Dawn
- 2009 Platinum
- 2012 Dark Explorers
- 2013 Legendary Treasures
- 2015 BREAKthrough
- 2018 Ultra Prism
- 2019 Cosmic Eclipse
- 2022 Brilliant Stars
- 2025 Phantasmal Flames
Evolution line
Piplup27 cards- Prinplupthis page · 11 cards
Empoleon23 cards
Every Prinplup card
11 cards, strongest artwork first.
Prinplup in numbers
- Cards
- 11
- Sets
- 11since Diamond & Pearl
- Illustrators
- 10most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 2007–2025
- Printed as
- Stage 1
- HP on card
- 80–100
They span 11 sets, from Diamond & Pearl to Phantasmal Flames. 10 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Atsuya Uki and Hasuno.
Who draws Prinplup
10 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
11 sets, by how many Prinplup cards each holds.
- BREAKthrough1
- Brilliant Stars1
Cosmic Eclipse1- DP trainer Kit (Manaphy)DP trainer Kit (Manaphy)1
- Dark Explorers1
Diamond & Pearl1- Legendary Treasures1
Majestic Dawn1- Phantasmal Flames1
Platinum1- Ultra Prism1
Rarity
Questions
- How many Prinplup cards are there?
- There are 11 Prinplup cards, printed between 2007 and 2025 across 11 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Prinplup card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Prinplup art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Prinplup cards?
- 10 illustrators have drawn Prinplup. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 2, followed by Atsuya Uki and Hasuno.
- What was the first Prinplup card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Diamond & Pearl, released in 2007. 9 of its 11 cards are Uncommon.
