No. 616 · Unova · Bug
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Shelmet is a Bug-type Pokémon introduced in Unova, number 616 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2011 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 10
- Sets
- 9
- Printed
- 2011–2025
- Illustrators
- 10
- Sightings
- 1
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The strongest Shelmet art

01/06Shelmet
Illustration rare

02/06Shelmet
Common

03/06Shelmet
Common

04/06Shelmet
Common

05/06Shelmet
Common

06/06Shelmet
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Shelmet cards, side by side.
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A Shelmet page, ready to go
Nine of the strongest Shelmet artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Shelmet by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Shelmet cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Shelmet gets drawn
Shelmet is usually drawn funny, playful and cute, often tonguing, in spring, in ink.
Across 10 Shelmet artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
2011–2025
Shelmet through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2011 Noble Victories
2012 Dark Explorers
2013 Plasma Blast
2014 Furious Fists
2017 Crimson Invasion
2020 Darkness Ablaze
2021 Fusion Strike
2025 White Flare
Evolves into
Shelmetthis page · 10 cards
Accelgor10 cards
Shelmet sightingsspotted in 1 other card
Cards where Shelmet turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Shelmet card
10 cards, strongest artwork first.
Shelmet in numbers
- Cards
- 10
- Sets
- 9since Noble Victories
- Illustrators
- 10most by Megumi Mizutani
- Printed
- 2011–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 1in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 60–70
They span 9 sets, from Noble Victories to White Flare. 10 illustrators have drawn it, most often Megumi Mizutani, Midori Harada and Mékayu.
Who draws Shelmet
10 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
9 sets, by how many Shelmet cards each holds.
White Flare2
Crimson Invasion1
Dark Explorers1
Darkness Ablaze1
Furious Fists1
Fusion Strike1
Journey Together1
Noble Victories1
Plasma Blast1
Rarity
Questions
- How many Shelmet cards are there?
- There are 10 Shelmet cards, printed between 2011 and 2025 across 9 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Shelmet card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Shelmet art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Shelmet cards?
- 10 illustrators have drawn Shelmet. Megumi Mizutani has done the most at 1, followed by Midori Harada and Mékayu.
- What was the first Shelmet card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Noble Victories, released in 2011. 9 of its 10 cards are Common.


