No. 313 · Hoenn · Bug
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Volbeat is a Bug-type Pokémon introduced in Hoenn, number 313 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2003 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 10
- Sets
- 10
- Printed
- 2003–2026
- Illustrators
- 10
- Sightings
- 4
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The strongest Volbeat art

01/06Volbeat
Common

02/06Volbeat
Common

03/06Volbeat
Common

04/06Volbeat
Common

05/06Volbeat
Uncommon

06/06Volbeat
Uncommon
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Which is the better picture?
Two Volbeat cards, side by side.
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A Volbeat page, ready to go
Nine of the strongest Volbeat artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Volbeat by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Volbeat cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Volbeat gets drawn
Volbeat is usually drawn playful and cute, usually flying, at night, in golden light.
Across 10 Volbeat artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
2003–2026
Volbeat through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2003 Sandstorm
2005 Emerald
2008 Great Encounters
2010 Triumphant
2014 XY
2015 Primal Clash
2018 Celestial Storm
2024 Twilight Masquerade
2026 30th Celebration
Volbeat sightingsspotted in 4 other cards
Cards where Volbeat turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Volbeat card
10 cards, strongest artwork first.
Volbeat in numbers
- Cards
- 10
- Sets
- 10since Sandstorm
- Illustrators
- 10most by Kanako Eo
- Printed
- 2003–2026
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 4in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 60–80
They span 10 sets, from Sandstorm to 30th Celebration. 10 illustrators have drawn it, most often Kanako Eo, Ken Sugimori and Kent Kanetsuna.
Who draws Volbeat
10 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
10 sets, by how many Volbeat cards each holds.
30th Celebration1
Celestial Storm1
Delta Species1
Emerald1
Great Encounters1
Primal Clash1
Sandstorm1
Triumphant1
Twilight Masquerade1
XY1
Rarity
Questions
- How many Volbeat cards are there?
- There are 10 Volbeat cards, printed between 2003 and 2026 across 10 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Volbeat card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Volbeat art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Volbeat cards?
- 10 illustrators have drawn Volbeat. Kanako Eo has done the most at 1, followed by Ken Sugimori and Kent Kanetsuna.
- What was the first Volbeat card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Sandstorm, released in 2003. 5 of its 10 cards are Common.




