No. 8 · Kanto · Water
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Wartortle is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 8 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
- 19
- Sets
- 17
- Printed
- 1999–2023
- Illustrators
- 14
- Sightings
- 1
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The strongest Wartortle art
01/06Wartortle
Illustration rare
02/06Wartortle
Uncommon
03/06Wartortle
Uncommon
04/06Wartortle
Uncommon
05/06Wartortle
Uncommon
06/06Wartortle
Uncommon
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Which is the better picture?
Two Wartortle cards, side by side.
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Wartortle by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Wartortle cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Wartortle gets drawn
Wartortle is usually drawn playful and cute, often surfing.
Across 16 Wartortle artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
1999–2023
Wartortle through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Base Set- 2000 Team Rocket
2001 Southern Islands
2002 Legendary Collection
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2006 Crystal Guardians
2007 Secret Wonders
2009 Platinum- 2010 Unleashed
- 2012 Boundaries Crossed
- 2013 Plasma Blast
- 2019 Unbroken Bonds
- 2022 Pokémon GO
- 2023 151
Evolution line
Squirtle29 cards- Wartortlethis page · 19 cards
Blastoise44 cards
Wartortle sightingsspotted in 1 other card
Cards where Wartortle turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Wartortle card
19 cards, strongest artwork first.
Wartortle in numbers
- Cards
- 19
- Sets
- 17since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 14most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2023
- Printed as
- Stage 1
- Sightings
- 1in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 60–100
They span 17 sets, from Base Set to 151. 14 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Atsuko Nishida and Kagemaru Himeno.
Who draws Wartortle
14 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
17 sets, by how many Wartortle cards each holds.
- 1512
Crystal Guardians2
Base Set1
Base Set 21- Boundaries Crossed1
Expedition Base Set1
FireRed & LeafGreen1
Legendary Collection1- Plasma Blast1
Platinum1- Pokémon GO1
Secret Wonders1
Rarity
Questions
- How many Wartortle cards are there?
- There are 19 Wartortle cards, printed between 1999 and 2023 across 17 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Wartortle card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Wartortle art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Wartortle cards?
- 14 illustrators have drawn Wartortle. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 3, followed by Atsuko Nishida and Kagemaru Himeno.
- What was the first Wartortle card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 17 of its 19 cards are Uncommon.
