Sleepy Pokemon
Full art field notes · 15 cards
On a full art card the nap takes up the whole card, with no frame around the art. Here are fifteen of our favorites: a Sword & Shield alt art, Trainer Gallery and Galarian Gallery cards, Special Illustration Rares, Illustration Rares, and one Chinese card worth tracking down.
#1 / Silver Tempest / 181/195 / Ultra Rare
Skuntank / English / Jiro Sasumo
Look past the two Skuntank on guard outside, down into the burrow under the tree roots. Two tiny Stunky are curled up asleep next to the family’s fruit stash, the best nap on the card hiding where you’d look last.
#2 / Scarlet & Violet / 250/198 / Special Illustration Rare
Jacq / English / Oswaldo KATO
A Special Illustration Rare for anyone who has fallen asleep studying. Jacq is face down at his desk with his glasses still on, a mug and a landslide of books and papers around him.
#3 / Obsidian Flames / 209/197 / Illustration Rare
Lechonk / English / Narumi Sato
Lechonk’s flavor text says it spends all day searching for food. Mission accomplished: the bowl is tipped over, crumbs are everywhere, and Lechonk has flopped down on the checkered tiles with its eyes shut.
#4 / Surging Sparks / 199/191 / Illustration Rare
Spheal / English / miki kudo
A pod of Spheal dozing on the ice floes under a bright sun, except the one in the middle, eyes wide open and diving into the water. Its attack, Powder Snow, puts the opponent to sleep, so the others are covered.
#5 / Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery / TG09/TG30 / Trainer Gallery Rare Holo
Druddigon / English / Teeziro
Trainer Gallery cards pair a Pokémon with its trainer, and these two make a good team: Ace Trainer Dara reads her map in the curl of Druddigon's body while Druddigon dozes with its head down.
#6 / Black Bolt / 148/086 / Illustration Rare
Pidove / English / Mori Yuu
Count the Pidove: nearly every one has flopped over asleep on the cobblestones. The one in the middle is still staring straight at you.
#7 / White Flare / 92/86 / Illustration Rare
Sawsbuck / English / Yano Keiji
People can tell the season by Sawsbuck’s antlers, says its flavor text. These are thick with summer leaves, and Sawsbuck is stretched out asleep in the long grass beneath them, practically part of the meadow.
#8 / Destined Rivals / 194/182 / Illustration Rare
Lapras / English / Orca
Misty has dozed off against Lapras's shell, smiling, while Lapras gazes out to sea. A beach day for two, and only one of them is still awake.
#9 / Black Bolt / 097/086 / Illustration Rare
Darumaka / English / Tomowaka
Darumaka is said to fall asleep once the fire inside it dies down. This Illustration Rare catches that exact moment: sitting bolt upright on its cushion, eyes closed, not moving an inch.
#10 / Perfect Order / 090/088 / Illustration Rare
Rowlet / English / ryoma uratsuka
Rowlet supposedly likes tight, dark places, like the inside of its Trainer’s bag. Not today: it has dozed off out in the open, a round little ball among bright green leaves, eyes squeezed into happy arcs.
#11 / Temporal Forces / 209/162 / Special Illustration Rare
Bianca / English / Cona Nitanda
Bianca has crashed on the couch, curled into the cushions with her bag still on, and Musharna dozes right above her. All soft light and warm colors, it's one of the coziest Special Illustration Rares around.
#12 / Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery / GG15/GG70 / Trainer Gallery Rare Holo
Solrock / English / Nobuhiro Imagawa
Solrock's own flavor text says it gives off light like the sun when it spins. In this Galarian Gallery card the sun has set, the sky is turning purple, and Solrock has stopped spinning to doze in the flowers while Volbeat and Illumise take over the lighting.
#13 / Stellar Crown / 143/142 / Illustration Rare
Bulbasaur / English / Orca
What’s one more plant on a sunny windowsill? Bulbasaur has curled up among the pots for a nap, ignoring the two Pidgey dropping in through the window.
#14 / Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery / TG07/TG30 / Trainer Gallery Rare Holo
Rockruff / English / Hideki Ishikawa
Professor Kukui is down on the floor with a cloth, cleaning up. Rockruff is belly up on the rug, eyes shut and tongue out, contributing nothing.
#15 / Gem Pack Vol. 3 / 04 07/07 / Triple Rare
Cubone / Simplified Chinese / Katsunori Sato
One for collectors who look beyond English sets: a Simplified Chinese Gem Pack card. Two Cubone sit together on a stone bridge at dusk under a street lamp, one leaning on the other with its eye closed, the gentlest scene on this list.