No. 7 · Kanto · Water
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Squirtle is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 7 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
- 29
- Sets
- 24
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Illustrators
- 21
- Sightings
- 9
Start here
The strongest Squirtle art
01/06Squirtle
Illustration rare
02/06Squirtle
Illustration rare
MEP Black Star Promos03/06Squirtle
Promo
04/06Squirtle
Promo
05/06Squirtle
Common
06/06Squirtle
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Squirtle cards, side by side.
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Squirtle by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Squirtle cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Squirtle gets drawn
Squirtle is usually drawn playful, nostalgic and cute, usually splashing.
Across 26 Squirtle artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2025
Squirtle through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Base Set
2000 Team Rocket
2002 Legendary Collection
2004 Team Magma vs Team Aqua
2006 POP Series 4
2007 Secret Wonders
2009 Platinum
2010 Unleashed
2012 Boundaries Crossed- 2013 Plasma Blast
- 2019 SWSH Black Star Promos
2021 McDonald's Collection 2021- 2022 Pokémon GO
- 2023 151
- 2024 Stellar Crown
- 2025 MEP Black Star Promos
Evolves into
- Squirtlethis page · 29 cards
Wartortle19 cards
Squirtle sightingsspotted in 9 other cards
Cards where Squirtle turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Squirtle card
29 cards, strongest artwork first.
Squirtle in numbers
- Cards
- 29
- Sets
- 24since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 21most by Mitsuhiro Arita
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 9in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 40–80
They span 24 sets, from Base Set to MEP Black Star Promos. 21 illustrators have drawn it, most often Mitsuhiro Arita, Atsuko Nishida and Masakazu Fukuda.
Who draws Squirtle
21 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
24 sets, by how many Squirtle cards each holds.
- 1512
Crystal Guardians2
Expedition Base Set2
FireRed & LeafGreen2
Team Up2
Base Set1
Base Set 21
Boundaries Crossed1
Legendary Collection1- MEP Black Star PromosMEP Black Star Promos1
- McDonald's Collection 2021McDonald's Collection 20211
- POP Series 4POP Series 41
12 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Squirtle cards are there?
- There are 29 Squirtle cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 24 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Squirtle card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Squirtle art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Squirtle cards?
- 21 illustrators have drawn Squirtle. Mitsuhiro Arita has done the most at 5, followed by Atsuko Nishida and Masakazu Fukuda.
- What was the first Squirtle card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 23 of its 29 cards are Common.
