No. 48 · Kanto · Poison/Bug
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Venonat is a Poison/Bug-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 48 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2023. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 13
- Sets
- 12
- Printed
- 1999–2023
- Illustrators
- 10
- Sightings
- 3
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The strongest Venonat art

01/06Venonat
Common

02/06Venonat
Common

03/06Venonat
Common

04/06Venonat
Common

05/06Venonat
Common

06/06Venonat
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Venonat cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Venonat artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Venonat by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Venonat cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Venonat gets drawn
Venonat is usually drawn peaceful and nostalgic, often hovering, often painted.
Across 12 Venonat artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2023
Venonat through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Jungle
2000 Gym Heroes
2002 Neo Destiny
2003 Skyridge
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2007 Secret Wonders
2010 Triumphant
2014 Phantom Forces
2019 Unbroken Bonds
2022 Silver Tempest
2023 151
Evolves into
Venonatthis page · 13 cards
Venomoth16 cards
Venonat sightingsspotted in 3 other cards
Cards where Venonat turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Venonat card
13 cards, strongest artwork first.
Venonat in numbers
- Cards
- 13
- Sets
- 12since Jungle
- Illustrators
- 10most by Kagemaru Himeno
- Printed
- 1999–2023
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 3in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 40–70
They span 12 sets, from Jungle to 151. 10 illustrators have drawn it, most often Kagemaru Himeno, Ken Sugimori and Mitsuhiro Arita.
Who draws Venonat
10 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
12 sets, by how many Venonat cards each holds.
Unbroken Bonds2
1511
Base Set 21
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Gym Heroes1
Jungle1
Neo Destiny1
Phantom Forces1
Secret Wonders1
Silver Tempest1
Skyridge1
Triumphant1
Rarity
Questions
- How many Venonat cards are there?
- There are 13 Venonat cards, printed between 1999 and 2023 across 12 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Venonat card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Venonat art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Venonat cards?
- 10 illustrators have drawn Venonat. Kagemaru Himeno has done the most at 2, followed by Ken Sugimori and Mitsuhiro Arita.
- What was the first Venonat card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Jungle, released in 1999. 13 of its 13 cards are Common.




