No. 484 · Sinnoh · Water/Dragon
Palkia cards
Palkia is a Water/Dragon-type Pokémon introduced in Sinnoh, number 484 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2007 to 2024. 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 20 sets, from DP Black Star Promos to Surging Sparks. 19 illustrators have drawn it, most often 5ban Graphics, aky CG Works and Eske Yoshinob. It has been printed as Basic, LV.X and VSTAR.
- Cards
- 3937 shown
- Sets
- 20since DP Black Star Promos
- Illustrators
- 19most by 5ban Graphics
- Printed
- 2007–2024
- Printed as
- Basic, LV.X, VSTAR
- HP on card
- 90–280
Who draws Palkia
19 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
20 sets, by how many Palkia cards each holds.
- Astral Radiance5
- Cosmic Eclipse4
- Forbidden Light3
- Platinum3
- Ultra Prism3
- Call of Legends2
- DP Black Star Promos2
- Great Encounters2
- Plasma Blast2
- SWSH Black Star Promos2
Rarity
Ultra Rare10Rare7Secret Rare6Holo Rare3Promo3Common2
Questions
- How many Palkia cards are there?
- Illudex indexes 39 Palkia cards, printed between 2007 and 2024 across 20 sets. That covers every printing in the catalogue, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Palkia 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 Palkia artwork appears first regardless of how common the card is.
- Who illustrates Palkia cards?
- 19 illustrators have drawn Palkia. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 10, followed by aky CG Works and Eske Yoshinob. Each name links to their complete body of work.
- What was the first Palkia card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalogue comes from DP Black Star Promos, released in 2007. 10 of its 39 cards are Ultra Rare.




































