Artist set · curated by Ninth Pocket

Ryo Ueda

453 cards · 91 sets · 2003–2023

Every card illustrated by Ryo Ueda, a longtime TCG artist with a clean, atmospheric style spanning many eras. Tracked like any other set: a complete set is one of each card, a master set is every variant of each.

Ryo Ueda was the atmospheric backbone of the EX-through-XY years: Umbreon ex and Espeon ex in Unseen Forces, the Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres ex trio in FireRed & LeafGreen, their Rocket’s counterparts in Team Rocket Returns, and six different Rayquaza across the eras. He was also the game’s quiet workhorse — nine printings of Rare Candy alone carry his art.

His English run spans 2003 to 2023 but effectively wound down in the mid-2010s, which gives his 450-card illustrator master set the shape of a completed body of work: vintage-heavy, well defined, and full of the era’s most loved ex cards.

See also: Unseen Forces · Team Rocket Returns