No. 235 · Johto · Normal
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Smeargle is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 235 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 17
- Sets
- 16
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Illustrators
- 14
- Sightings
- 7
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The strongest Smeargle art
01/06Smeargle
Holo Rare
02/06Smeargle
Rare
03/06Smeargle
Holo Rare
04/06Smeargle
Common
05/06Smeargle
Common
06/06Smeargle
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Smeargle cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Smeargle artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Smeargle by scene
Its cards do not gather in any one scene yet. Describe one in the studio and it will find the Smeargle cards that come closest.
How Smeargle gets drawn
Smeargle is usually drawn funny, playful and whimsical, almost always painting.
Across 15 Smeargle artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2025
Smeargle through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Wizards Black Star Promos
2001 Neo Discovery
2003 Aquapolis
2005 Unseen Forces- 2006 Dragon Frontiers
2007 Secret Wonders- 2010 Undaunted
2011 Call of Legends- 2015 BREAKthrough
- 2018 Lost Thunder
- 2021 Evolving Skies
- 2022 Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery
- 2025 Phantasmal Flames
Smeargle sightingsspotted in 7 other cards
Cards where Smeargle turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Smeargle card
17 cards, strongest artwork first.
Smeargle in numbers
- Cards
- 17
- Sets
- 16since Wizards Black Star Promos
- Illustrators
- 14most by Hironobu Yoshida
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 7in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 40–80
They span 16 sets, from Wizards Black Star Promos to Phantasmal Flames. 14 illustrators have drawn it, most often Hironobu Yoshida, Kouki Saitou and Midori Harada.
Who draws Smeargle
14 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
16 sets, by how many Smeargle cards each holds.
Neo Discovery2
Aquapolis1- BREAKthrough1
Call of Legends1
Dragon Frontiers1
Evolving Skies1- Fusion Strike1
Lost Thunder1
McDonald's Collection 20221- Phantasmal Flames1
Secret Wonders1- Silver Tempest1
Rarity
Questions
- How many Smeargle cards are there?
- There are 17 Smeargle cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 16 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Smeargle card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Smeargle art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Smeargle cards?
- 14 illustrators have drawn Smeargle. Hironobu Yoshida has done the most at 2, followed by Kouki Saitou and Midori Harada.
- What was the first Smeargle card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Wizards Black Star Promos, released in 1999. 5 of its 17 cards are Common.
