No. 114 · Kanto · Grass
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Tangela is a Grass-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 114 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 29
- Sets
- 26
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Illustrators
- 23
- Sightings
- 1
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The strongest Tangela art

01/06Tangela
Illustration rare

02/06Erika's Tangela
Illustration rare

03/06Tangela
Common

04/06Tangela
Common

05/06Erika's Tangela
Common

06/06Tangela
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Tangela cards, side by side.
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Tangela by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Tangela cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Tangela gets drawn
Tangela is usually drawn funny, playful and cute, often hiding, in spring, often painted.
Across 27 Tangela artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2026
Tangela through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Base Set
2000 Gym Challenge
2003 Aquapolis
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2006 Legend Maker
2008 Stormfront
2009 Arceus
2011 Call of Legends
2012 Boundaries Crossed
2013 Legendary Treasures
2015 Primal Clash
2016 Evolutions
2017 Burning Shadows
2018 Lost Thunder
2019 Cosmic Eclipse
2023 151
2024 Twilight Masquerade
2025 Mega Evolution
2026 Ascended Heroes
Evolves into
Tangelathis page · 29 cards
Tangrowth16 cards
Tangela sightingsspotted in 1 other card
Cards where Tangela turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Tangela card
29 cards, strongest artwork first.
Tangela in numbers
- Cards
- 29
- Sets
- 26since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 23most by Mitsuhiro Arita
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 1in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 50–80
They span 26 sets, from Base Set to Ascended Heroes. 23 illustrators have drawn it, most often Mitsuhiro Arita, Aya Kusube and Ken Sugimori.
Who draws Tangela
23 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
26 sets, by how many Tangela cards each holds.
1512
Arceus2
Ascended Heroes2
Aquapolis1
Base Set1
Base Set 21
Boundaries Crossed1
Burning Shadows1
Call of Legends1
Cosmic Eclipse1
Crown Zenith1
Evolutions1
14 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Tangela cards are there?
- There are 29 Tangela cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 26 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Tangela card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Tangela art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Tangela cards?
- 23 illustrators have drawn Tangela. Mitsuhiro Arita has done the most at 4, followed by Aya Kusube and Ken Sugimori.
- What was the first Tangela card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 25 of its 29 cards are Common.






















