Illustration contests

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Illustration contests are contests that entries send in illustrations, and have them featured on a card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Throughout the history of the TCG, many companies and magazines have created illustration contests. CoroCoro, Shogakukan, and Wizards of the Coast are some of the companies that have held such competitions. The following is a list of all contests from the beginning of the TCG.

CoroCoro Pokémon Illustration Contest

In late 1997, CoroCoro held an Illustration contest, in which the top three illustrators had their artwork featured as one of the Vending Machine cards. These winners were not only awarded by having their art feature on real Pokémon cards, they also received the coveted Pokémon Illustrator card.

Winner Card Type Rarity Series
Yuuki Kawamura Poliwrath     Series 1
Keita Takahashi Snorlax     Series 1
Kazuhiko Nishihara Mewtwo     Series 3

Wizards Pokémon Illustration Contest

Also in late 1997, Wizards of the Coast also ran an illustration competition for the English version of Keita Takahashi's CoroCoro contest illustration. The chosen image was that of Craig Turvey.

Winner Card Type Rarity Card number
Craig Turvey Snorlax   - 49

CoroCoro Pokémon Snap Contest

CoroCoro held another Illustration contest in the Spring of 1999 called the CoroCoro Pokémon Snap contest. Five winning entries had their artwork featured on extremely rare reprints. The exact number of these cards in existence is unknown.

Winner Card Type
Yuuki Tanaka Bulbasaur  
Poliwag  
Magikarp  
Ryouichi Abe Gyarados  
Pikachu  

Nintendo 64 Pokémon Snap Contest

Much like CoroCoro's contest, Nintendo 64 held an Illustration contest in the Spring of 1999 called the Nintendo 64 Pokémon Snap contest. Five more winning entries had their artwork featured on extremely rare reprints. The exact number of these cards in existence is unknown.

Winner Card Type
Narsu Sato Koffing  
Charmander  
Squirtle  
Articuno  
Koori Samoya Chansey  

Poké Card Creator Contest

The Poké Card Creator Contest was a contest created by Kids' WB! in 2004. Entries had the chance to design an original TCG card featuring one of the following five Pokémon: Pikachu, Mudkip, Treecko, Torchic and Wurmple. It featured a collection of five cards designed by five Grand Prize winners. These winners were featured on the card as the illustrators and also won a 500 dollar giftcard to Target. It was revealed on the week of February 16 and went to Saturday, April 10, 2004. None of the cards were tournament legal.

Winner Card Type Number
Mark Kraus Treecko   1/5
Katie Gross Wurmple   2/5
May Do Torchic   3/5
Rowan Laidlaw Mudkip   4/5
Sylvia Forrest Pikachu   5/5

Illustrations

Twelfth Movie Illustration Contest

In 2009, CoroCoro and other magazines held an Illustration contest to design the artwork on Notched-ear Pichu M and Arceus. This contest was restricted to Japan-only residents. Entries were accepted via CoroCoro, Shogakukan, and Pokémonfan Magazines, with each magazine having different entry forms for different Pokémon.

Winner Card Type Expansion Card Number Promotion
Miho Asada Notched-ear Pichu M   Movie Commemoration Random Pack 009/022 Main expansion contest
Takahiro Yamashita Notched-ear Pichu M   Movie Commemoration Random Pack 010/022 Main expansion contest
Yoichi Kotabe Notched-ear Pichu M   Movie Commemoration Random Pack 011/022 Main expansion contest
Gosho Aoyama Notched-ear Pichu M   DPt-P Promotional cards 042/DPt-P Shogakukan 'Weekly Boy Sunday 33'
Shunsuke Takemori Notched-ear Pichu M   Unnumbered Promotional cards - Kindergarten competition
Haruka Uekura Notched-ear Pichu M   Unnumbered Promotional cards - Elementary School 1st Grade winner
Taisei Fujita Notched-ear Pichu M   Unnumbered Promotional cards - Elementary School 2nd Grade winner
Keita Mizuno Notched-ear Pichu M   Unnumbered Promotional cards - TV Boy Magazine competition
Mahiro Shinozaki Notched-ear Pichu M   Unnumbered Promotional cards - Puchi Gumi Magazine competition
Shizuka Kusakabe Notched-ear Pichu M   Unnumbered Promotional cards - Pokémon Fan Magazine competition
Makoto Mizobuchi Arceus   Movie Commemoration Random Pack 020/022 Main expansion contest
Satoshi Yamamoto Arceus   Movie Commemoration Random Pack 021/022 Main expansion contest
Takahiro Yamashita Arceus   Movie Commemoration Random Pack 022/022 Main expansion contest
Shoki Nakamura Arceus   Unnumbered Promotional cards - Elementary School 3rd Grade winner
Arisa Sugino Arceus   Unnumbered Promotional cards - Elementary School 4th Grade winner
Meiko Akiba Arceus   Unnumbered Promotional cards - Elementary School 5th Grade winner
Mikako Nishizaki Arceus   Unnumbered Promotional cards - Elementary School 6th Grade winner
Hikaru Okawa Arceus   Unnumbered Promotional cards - CoroCoro Comic competition
Ryoga Kawai Arceus   Unnumbered Promotional cards - CoroCoro Ichiban! competition
Natsumi Nishiyama Arceus   Unnumbered Promotional cards - Shōnen Sunday Magazine competition