How many Zubat cards are there?

There are 28 Zubat cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 25 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Zubat card has the best artwork?

That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Zubat art first, however common or rare the card.

Who illustrates Zubat cards?

24 illustrators have drawn Zubat. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 3, followed by Kagemaru Himeno and match.

What was the first Zubat card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 27 of its 28 cards are Common.

No. 41 · Kanto · Poison/Flying

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Zubat is a Poison/Flying-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 41 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: 28
Sets: 25
Printed: 1999–2026
Illustrators: 24
Sightings: 11

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The strongest Zubat art

01/06
Zubat
Shrouded Fable · 2024
Drawn by osare
Common
02/06
Zubat
Chaos Rising · 2026
Drawn by Mékayu
Common
03/06
Zubat
151 · 2023
Drawn by Scav
Common
04/06
Koga's Zubat
Gym Challenge · 2000
Drawn by Ken Sugimori
Common
05/06
Team Rocket's Zubat
Destined Rivals · 2025
Drawn by toi8
Common
06/06
Brock's Zubat
Gym Heroes · 2000
Drawn by Atsuko Nishida
Common

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Which is the better picture?

Two Zubat cards, side by side.

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Zubat by scene

Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Zubat cards, the artwork that shows it most first.

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in a cave9 cards at night7 cards in the forest5 cards in the sky6 cards

How Zubat gets drawn

Zubat is usually drawn nostalgic, almost always flying, at night, in dim light.

Across 27 Zubat artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

Light and time

At night 33%In dim light 30%

Flying27 of 27 artworks At night9 of 27 artworks Nostalgic13 of 27 artworks In dim light8 of 27 artworks

Drawn against type

The Zubat pictures least like the rest.

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1999–2026

Zubat through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

1999 Fossil
2000 Gym Heroes
2001 Neo Revelation
2003 Skyridge
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2005 Deoxys
2007 Mysterious Treasures
2009 Supreme Victors
2010 Unleashed
2013 Plasma Storm
2014 Phantom Forces
2016 Generations
2017 Sun & Moon
2019 Unbroken Bonds
2021 Battle Styles
2022 Silver Tempest
2023 151
2024 Shrouded Fable
2025 Destined Rivals
2026 Chaos Rising

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Zubatthis page · 28 cards
Golbat25 cards

Zubat sightingsspotted in 11 other cards

Cards where Zubat turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.

Every Zubat card

28 cards, strongest artwork first.

28 of 28 cards

Zubat in numbers

Cards: 28
Sets: 25since Fossil
Illustrators: 24most by Ken Sugimori
Printed: 1999–2026
Printed as: Basic
Sightings: 11in other cards' art
HP on card: 30–50

They span 25 sets, from Fossil to Chaos Rising. 24 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Kagemaru Himeno and match.

Who draws Zubat

24 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

25 sets, by how many Zubat cards each holds.

13 more sets

Rarity

Common27Rare1

Questions

How many Zubat cards are there?: There are 28 Zubat cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 25 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Zubat card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Zubat art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Zubat cards?: 24 illustrators have drawn Zubat. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 3, followed by Kagemaru Himeno and match.
What was the first Zubat card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 27 of its 28 cards are Common.