No. 21 · Kanto · Normal/Flying
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Spearow is a Normal/Flying-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 21 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
- 19
- Sets
- 17
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Illustrators
- 16
- Sightings
- 3
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The strongest Spearow art

01/06Spearow
Illustration rare

02/06Spearow
Common

03/06Spearow
Common

04/06Spearow
Common

05/06Spearow
Common

06/06Spearow
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Spearow cards, side by side.
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Spearow by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Spearow cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Spearow gets drawn
Spearow is usually drawn nostalgic and fierce, sometimes rustic, usually perching, often painted.
Across 17 Spearow artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2025
Spearow through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Jungle
2000 Gym Heroes
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Sandstorm
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2006 Crystal Guardians
2008 Majestic Dawn
2010 Unleashed
2014 Phantom Forces
2015 Roaring Skies
2017 Sun & Moon
2019 Unbroken Bonds
2021 Battle Styles
2023 151
2025 Mega Evolution
Evolves into
Spearowthis page · 19 cards
Fearow19 cards
Spearow sightingsspotted in 3 other cards
Cards where Spearow turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Spearow card
19 cards, strongest artwork first.
Spearow in numbers
- Cards
- 19
- Sets
- 17since Jungle
- Illustrators
- 16most by Mitsuhiro Arita
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 3in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 30–60
They span 17 sets, from Jungle to Mega Evolution. 16 illustrators have drawn it, most often Mitsuhiro Arita, Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida.
Who draws Spearow
16 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
17 sets, by how many Spearow cards each holds.
Gym Heroes2
Mega Evolution2
1511
Base Set 21
Battle Styles1
Crystal Guardians1
Expedition Base Set1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Jungle1
Legendary Collection1
Majestic Dawn1
Phantom Forces1
Rarity
Questions
- How many Spearow cards are there?
- There are 19 Spearow cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 17 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Spearow card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Spearow art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Spearow cards?
- 16 illustrators have drawn Spearow. Mitsuhiro Arita has done the most at 3, followed by Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida.
- What was the first Spearow card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Jungle, released in 1999. 17 of its 19 cards are Common.










