No. 247 · Johto · Ground/Rock
Pupitarcards
Pupitar is a Ground/Rock-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 247 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2001 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 27
- Sets
- 24
- Printed
- 2001–2025
- Illustrators
- 22
- Sightings
- 1
Start here
The strongest Pupitar art
01/06Pupitar
Uncommon
02/06Dark Pupitar
Uncommon
03/06Team Rocket's Pupitar
Common
04/06Pupitar δ
Uncommon
05/06Pupitar
Uncommon
06/06Dark Pupitar
Uncommon
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Which is the better picture?
Two Pupitar cards, side by side.
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A Pupitar page, ready to go
Nine of the strongest Pupitar artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Pupitar by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Pupitar cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Pupitar gets drawn
Pupitar is usually drawn nostalgic, tense and moody, sometimes retro, often spinning.
Across 26 Pupitar artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
2001–2025
Pupitar through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2001 Neo Discovery
2002 Expedition Base Set
2003 Aquapolis- 2004 Team Rocket Returns
2005 Unseen Forces- 2006 Dragon Frontiers
2007 Mysterious Treasures
2008 Stormfront- 2010 Unleashed
2016 Fates Collide
2018 Lost Thunder
2019 Team Up
2020 Darkness Ablaze
2022 Pokémon GO- 2023 Obsidian Flames
- 2025 Prismatic Evolutions
Evolution line
Larvitar30 cards- Pupitarthis page · 27 cards
Tyranitar48 cards
Pupitar sightingsspotted in 1 other card
Cards where Pupitar turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Pupitar card
27 cards, strongest artwork first.
Pupitar in numbers
- Cards
- 27
- Sets
- 24since Neo Discovery
- Illustrators
- 22most by Hironobu Yoshida
- Printed
- 2001–2025
- Printed as
- Stage 1
- Sightings
- 1in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 60–100
They span 24 sets, from Neo Discovery to Destined Rivals. 22 illustrators have drawn it, most often Hironobu Yoshida, Kouki Saitou and Shigenori Negishi.
Who draws Pupitar
22 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
24 sets, by how many Pupitar cards each holds.
Dragon Frontiers2- Team Rocket Returns2
- Unleashed2
Aquapolis1
Celestial Storm1
Darkness Ablaze1- Delta Species1
- Destined Rivals1
Expedition Base Set1
Fates Collide1
Journey Together1
Lost Thunder1
12 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Pupitar cards are there?
- There are 27 Pupitar cards, printed between 2001 and 2025 across 24 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Pupitar card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Pupitar art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Pupitar cards?
- 22 illustrators have drawn Pupitar. Hironobu Yoshida has done the most at 2, followed by Kouki Saitou and Shigenori Negishi.
- What was the first Pupitar card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Neo Discovery, released in 2001. 20 of its 27 cards are Uncommon.
