No. 90 · Kanto · Water
Shelldercards
Shellder is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 90 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2023. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 14
- Sets
- 13
- Printed
- 1999–2023
- Illustrators
- 12
- Sightings
- 7
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The strongest Shellder art
01/06Shellder
Common
02/06Shellder
Common
03/06Shellder
Common
04/06Shellder
Common
05/06Shellder
Common
06/06Shellder
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Shellder cards, side by side.
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Shellder by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Shellder cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Shellder gets drawn
Shellder is usually drawn funny and playful, often crawling, underwater.
Across 13 Shellder artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2023
Shellder through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Fossil- 2000 Gym Heroes
2002 Expedition Base Set
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen- 2006 Dragon Frontiers
2007 Secret Wonders- 2014 XY
2016 Generations- 2017 Sun & Moon
- 2020 Sword & Shield
- 2021 Fusion Strike
- 2023 151
Evolves into
- Shellderthis page · 14 cards
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Shellder sightingsspotted in 7 other cards
Cards where Shellder turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Shellder card
14 cards, strongest artwork first.
Shellder in numbers
- Cards
- 14
- Sets
- 13since Fossil
- Illustrators
- 12most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2023
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 7in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 30–70
They span 13 sets, from Fossil to 151. 12 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Naoyo Kimura and Aya Kusube.
Who draws Shellder
12 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
13 sets, by how many Shellder cards each holds.
- BREAKpoint2
- 1511
Dragon Frontiers1
Expedition Base Set1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Fossil1- Fusion Strike1
Generations1
Gym Heroes1
Secret Wonders1
Sun & Moon1- Sword & Shield1
1 more set
Rarity
Questions
- How many Shellder cards are there?
- There are 14 Shellder cards, printed between 1999 and 2023 across 13 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Shellder card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Shellder art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Shellder cards?
- 12 illustrators have drawn Shellder. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 2, followed by Naoyo Kimura and Aya Kusube.
- What was the first Shellder card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 14 of its 14 cards are Common.
