No. 23 · Kanto · Poison
Ekans cards
Ekans is a Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 23 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2025. These are its cards ranked by the artwork itself rather than by set order, so the illustrations worth looking at come first instead of whichever set happened to print last.
They span 17 sets, from Fossil to Destined Rivals. 15 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Atsuko Nishida and DemizuPosuka.
- Cards
- 18
- Sets
- 17since Fossil
- Illustrators
- 15most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- HP on card
- 40–70
Evolves into
Who draws Ekans
15 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
17 sets, by how many Ekans cards each holds.
- Hidden Fates2
- 1511
- Champion's Path1
- Destined Rivals1
- Dragon Frontiers1
- Expedition Base Set1
- Fossil1
- Great Encounters1
- Gym Challenge1
- Sandstorm1
Rarity
Common18
Questions
- How many Ekans cards are there?
- Illudex indexes 18 Ekans cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 17 sets. That covers every printing in the catalogue, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Ekans card has the best artwork?
- That is what this page is ordered by. Rather than sorting by set or rarity, Illudex reads each illustration with a vision model and ranks them, so the most striking Ekans artwork appears first regardless of how common the card is.
- Who illustrates Ekans cards?
- 15 illustrators have drawn Ekans. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 3, followed by Atsuko Nishida and DemizuPosuka. Each name links to their complete body of work.
- What was the first Ekans card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalogue comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 18 of its 18 cards are Common.