No. 208 · Johto · Ground/Steel
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Steelix is a Ground/Steel-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 208 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2000 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 34
- Sets
- 24
- Printed
- 2000–2025
- Illustrators
- 25
- Sightings
- 4
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The strongest Steelix art
01/06Steelix
Illustration rare
02/06Steelix
Illustration rare
03/06Steelix
Secret Rare
04/06M Steelix EX
Ultra Rare
05/06Steelix EX
Ultra Rare
06/06Steelix V
Ultra Rare
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Which is the better picture?
Two Steelix cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Steelix artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Steelix by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Steelix cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Steelix gets drawn
Steelix is usually drawn fierce, tense and moody, often lunging.
Across 32 Steelix artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
2000–2025
Steelix through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2000 Neo Genesis
2002 Neo Destiny
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2005 Unseen Forces
2007 Diamond & Pearl
2008 Stormfront- 2009 Rising Rivals
2010 Unleashed
2013 Plasma Freeze- 2016 Steam Siege
2018 Lost Thunder
2019 Cosmic Eclipse- 2020 Vivid Voltage
2021 Battle Styles- 2022 Lost Origin
- 2023 Paradox Rift
- 2025 Mega Evolution
Evolves from
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Steelix sightingsspotted in 4 other cards
Cards where Steelix turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Steelix card
34 cards, strongest artwork first.
Steelix in numbers
- Cards
- 34
- Sets
- 24since Neo Genesis
- Illustrators
- 25most by 5ban Graphics
- Printed
- 2000–2025
- Printed as
- Basic, Stage 1, Mega
- Sightings
- 4in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 90–250
They span 24 sets, from Neo Genesis to Mega Evolution. 25 illustrators have drawn it, most often 5ban Graphics, Hajime Kusajima and Ken Sugimori. It has been printed as Basic, Stage 1 and Mega.
Who draws Steelix
25 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
24 sets, by how many Steelix cards each holds.
- Steam Siege4
Aquapolis2- Cosmic Eclipse2
- Mega Evolution2
- Paradox Rift2
Skyridge2
Unleashed2- Vivid Voltage2
Battle Styles1
Celestial Storm1
Diamond & Pearl1
Fusion Strike1
12 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Steelix cards are there?
- There are 34 Steelix cards, printed between 2000 and 2025 across 24 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Steelix card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Steelix art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Steelix cards?
- 25 illustrators have drawn Steelix. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 3, followed by Hajime Kusajima and Ken Sugimori.
- What was the first Steelix card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Neo Genesis, released in 2000. 17 of its 34 cards are Rare.
