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Linkcat's field notes · 24 cards

Sleepy Cat Pokemon Cards

Every sleepy cat Pokemon card currently in the collection, researched with junior Pokemon researcher Linkcat: tiny kittens, dramatic big cats, psychic cats, electric cats, and a few cat-adjacent creatures making a very convincing case. We do not discriminate here.

#1 / Ascended Heroes / 165/217 / Common

Skitty

Skitty / English / Yoko Hishida

Skitty is a kitten curled up in a tiny bed. No debate, no notes, full marks for understanding the assignment.

#2 / Temporal Forces / 167/162 / Illustration Rare

Litten

Litten / English / Makura Tami

A literal Fire Cat enjoying a warm, very committed nap. Litten may be the purest expression of this guide.

#3 / Sun & Moon Promos / 259/SM-P / Promo

Litten

Litten / Japanese / Saya Tsuruta

Books are flying, Chespin is mid-leap across the room, and Litten has curled up on the armchair with its face buried, ignoring all of it.

#4 / Paldea Evolved / 196/193 / Illustration Rare

Sprigatito

Sprigatito / English / Kouki Saitou

The Grass Cat has found a sunny patch and made the only reasonable decision: absolutely nothing for a while.

#5 / ME: 30th Celebration / 144/128 / Illustration Rare

Meowth

Meowth / English / OKUBO

This cat knows how to cat-nap, and frankly, the collection is willing to respect the craft.

#6 / ME: 30th Celebration / 113/128 / Common

Meowth

Meowth / English / MINAMINAMI Take

Another Meowth, another excellent cat-nap. Repetition only proves that Meowth has done the research.

#7 / Unbroken Bonds / 147/214 / Common

Meowth

Meowth / English / Shibuzoh.

The original Scratch Cat brings a wonderfully affordable doze to the page. Sleepy cats are for every binder budget.

#8 / Destined Rivals / 203/182 / Illustration Rare

Team Rocket's Meowth

Meowth / English / Shimaris Yukichi

Team Rocket's Meowth adds a little theatrical trouble to the cat pile, then promptly needs a lie-down.

#9 / Mysterious Treasures / 109/123 / Uncommon

Bebe's Search

Glameow / English / Ken Sugimori

Technically a card about Bebe. But the most cat thing on it is Glameow, asleep beside her laptop, so in it goes.

#10 / Perfect Order / 95/88 / Illustration Rare

Espurr

Espurr / English / MINAMINAMI Take

Emma’s Espurr, Mimi, asleep at the office. Unmistakably feline, deeply psychic, and very much off duty.

#11 / Unbroken Bonds / 79/214 / Common

Espurr

Espurr / English / HYOGONOSUKE

This Espurr’s own attack is called Caturday, and it ends with Espurr falling Asleep. Stretched out mid-yawn under a tree, it has clearly been practicing.

#12 / Forbidden Light / 45/131 / Rare

Meowstic

Meowstic / English / 0313

Meowstic has flattened itself across a sunny rug by the window, eyes shut. Anyone who has lived with a cat knows this exact pose.

#13 / Silver Tempest / 32/195 / Rare

Incineroar

Incineroar / English / Hideki Ishikawa

Litten's fully evolved big-cat form proves that even a dramatic wrestling heel needs a proper recovery nap.

#14 / Crown Zenith / 041/159 / Uncommon

Luxio

Luxio / English / Shibuzoh.

Luxio has curled up on a pink pillow hugging a teddy bear, one eye already shut and the other not far behind.

#15 / Crown Zenith / 052/159 / Rare

Zeraora

Zeraora / English / HYOGONOSUKE

This is the Zeraora that belongs here: flat on its back in a meadow of white flowers, eyes shut, arms flung wide. Its card says it moves at the speed of lightning. Not today.

Mew sleepy Pokemon card from Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

#16 / Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery / GG10/GG70 / Trainer Gallery Rare Holo

Mew

Mew / English / Ryota Murayama

Mew is our mythical, cat-shaped technicality. The ears, paws, tail, and excellent sleeping form make a persuasive case.

#17 / ME: 30th Celebration / 152/128 / Special Illustration Rare

Mew ex

Mew / English / Kuroimori

Our cat-shaped technicality again, this time drifting through a blossoming forest with its eyes half closed. Not quite asleep, but very much on the way.

#18 / Fusion Strike / 270/264 / Rare Rainbow

Espeon VMAX

Espeon / English / Kouki Saitou

Espeon is the clearly feline Eeveelution, here in spectacularly oversized sleepy-cat form.

#19 / ME: 30th Celebration / 091/128 / Common

Umbreon

Umbreon / English / Iori Suzuki

Umbreon is lying in bed looking one blink away from sleep. Cat, cat-adjacent, or moon creature: admitted.

#20 / Gem Pack Volume 2 / 06 15/15 / Secret Rare

Umbreon

Umbreon / Simplified Chinese / Hyogonosuke

A second sleepy Umbreon strengthens the case. We remain open-minded when the evidence is this cozy.

#21 / Pokémon VS / 091/141 / Rare Holo

Karen's Umbreon

Umbreon / Japanese / Hajime Kusajima

Curled into a tight ball with its rings glowing, which is about the most cat way to sleep there is. Karen’s Umbreon makes the case all by itself.

#22 / McDonald's Promotion (2002) / 025/P / Promo

Umbreon

Umbreon / Japanese / Mitsuhiro Arita

Stretched out on a rooftop above the city, mid-yawn. If that isn’t cat behavior, nothing in this guide is.

#23 / Scarlet & Violet Promos / 173/150 / Promo

Eevee

Eevee / English / Makura Tami

Eevee is famously a little cat, dog, and fox at once. That is more than enough cat for this collection.

#24 / Twilight Masquerade / 188/167 / Illustration Rare

Eevee

Eevee / English / Narumi Sato

A whole litter of Eevee has taken over the living room, and several have already given up: one hugging a plush on the couch, another curled up in a basket in the corner.