No. 86 · Kanto · Water
Seel cards
Seel is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 86 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2026. 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 19 sets, from Base Set to Perfect Order. 14 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Atsuko Nishida and GIDORA.
- Cards
- 20
- Sets
- 19since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 14most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Printed as
- Basic
- HP on card
- 40–80
Evolves into
Who draws Seel
14 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
19 sets, by how many Seel cards each holds.
- Skyridge2
- 1511
- Base Set1
- Base Set 21
- Crown Zenith1
- Dragon Frontiers1
- Evolutions1
- Fates Collide1
- FireRed & LeafGreen1
- Gym Challenge1
Rarity
Common18Uncommon2
Questions
- How many Seel cards are there?
- Illudex indexes 20 Seel cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 19 sets. That covers every printing in the catalogue, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Seel 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 Seel artwork appears first regardless of how common the card is.
- Who illustrates Seel cards?
- 14 illustrators have drawn Seel. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 6, followed by Atsuko Nishida and GIDORA. Each name links to their complete body of work.
- What was the first Seel card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalogue comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 18 of its 20 cards are Common.