No. 235 · Johto · Normal
Smeargle cards
Smeargle is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 235 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 16 sets, from Wizards Black Star Promos to Phantasmal Flames. 14 illustrators have drawn it, most often Hironobu Yoshida, Kouki Saitou and Midori Harada.
- Cards
- 17
- Sets
- 16since Wizards Black Star Promos
- Illustrators
- 14most by Hironobu Yoshida
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- HP on card
- 40–80
Who draws Smeargle
14 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
16 sets, by how many Smeargle cards each holds.
- Neo Discovery2
- Aquapolis1
- BREAKthrough1
- Call of Legends1
- Dragon Frontiers1
- Evolving Skies1
- Fusion Strike1
- Lost Thunder1
- McDonald's Collection 20221
- Phantasmal Flames1
Rarity
Common5Rare5Holo Rare3Uncommon3None1
Questions
- How many Smeargle cards are there?
- Illudex indexes 17 Smeargle cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 16 sets. That covers every printing in the catalogue, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Smeargle 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 Smeargle artwork appears first regardless of how common the card is.
- Who illustrates Smeargle cards?
- 14 illustrators have drawn Smeargle. Hironobu Yoshida has done the most at 2, followed by Kouki Saitou and Midori Harada. Each name links to their complete body of work.
- What was the first Smeargle card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalogue comes from Wizards Black Star Promos, released in 1999. 5 of its 17 cards are Common.