No. 120 · Kanto · Water
Staryu cards
Staryu is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 120 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 27 sets, from Base Set to Perfect Order. 22 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Keiji Kinebuchi and Yukiko Baba.
- Cards
- 29
- Sets
- 27since Base Set
- Illustrators
- 22most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2026
- Printed as
- Basic
- HP on card
- 40–70
Evolves into
Who draws Staryu
22 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
27 sets, by how many Staryu cards each holds.
- Delta Species2
- Skyridge2
- 1511
- BREAKpoint1
- BREAKthrough1
- Base Set1
- Base Set 21
- Brilliant Stars1
- Crimson Invasion1
- Deoxys1
Rarity
Common28Shiny rare1
Questions
- How many Staryu cards are there?
- Illudex indexes 29 Staryu cards, printed between 1999 and 2026 across 27 sets. That covers every printing in the catalogue, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Staryu 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 Staryu artwork appears first regardless of how common the card is.
- Who illustrates Staryu cards?
- 22 illustrators have drawn Staryu. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 5, followed by Keiji Kinebuchi and Yukiko Baba. Each name links to their complete body of work.
- What was the first Staryu card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalogue comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 28 of its 29 cards are Common.