During the Card-E era, namely between Expedition Base Set in 2002 and EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua in 2004, Pokédex info wasn’t actually written on the cards themselves, but were encoded within the Dot Code bars on the bottom of every card. Furthermore, these Dot Code Pokédex entries had unique sprites stored within them (maybe even two or three!), but curiously, those sprites have never been cataloged. But that is about to change! This page collects ALL possible sprites you can see when you scan in a Pokémon TCG Card-E card into a Nintendo e-Reader, thus revealing unique sprites which you might have never seen before! (If you want to read the actual Pokédex entries—as well as any other information stored on each specific card—check out the e-Reader Entries page.)
So what are these sprites? Each Pokémon card always has one primary sprite, but it may have at least one or two additional mini sprites, and—rarely—sometimes three! Here’s what they are:
- a large 40×40 px sprite of the Pokémon you just scanned, which appears in the “Viewer” window (left)
- a small 16×16 sprite of that Pokémon’s immediate and/or subsequent evolution stages, which appears in the Evolution Info window by pressing “A” (right)
- For example, a Pidgey card will have a mini sprite of Pidgeotto, showing that Pidgey can evolve into Pidgeotto.
- Meanwhile, a Pidgeotto card will have two sprites: one showing that it can evolve from Pidgey, and one showing that it can evolve into Pidgeot.
- Finally, a Pidgeot card will only show the same Pidgeotto sprite as before, showing that it can evolve from it.
- RARELY, a card may have three mini sprites, if it can evolve into multiple Pokémon.
- If a Pokémon is a Basic-only Pokémon, it will not have any small sprite, as it doesn’t evolve to or from another Pokémon.
Unfortunately, since the e-Reader functionality was discontinued before all Pokémon got a Card-E-era card, there are some holes in this collection for those Pokémon that never got a release. This means some Pokémon will have a main Pokémon sprite but no mini evolution sprite (because its evolution card did not exist to give it one), while others only have a mini evolution sprite but no main Pokémon sprite (because its pre-evolution card provided one for it).
Knowing this:
- if the cell has a black background (but missing a sprite), it means a sprite does exists but I still need to add it to the collection.
- if the cell has a grey background, it means a sprite does not exist, either because it’s a Basic Pokémon or it never came out in a Card-E-era set.
Such is what happens when a good product dies before its completion. It does therefore make me wonder if there is a vault somewhere within Nintendo that has all this sprite work just sitting dormant on a hard drive somewhere… just waiting to be rediscovered in another Gigaleak.
Finally, I want to give thanks to these users for helping me fill out this sprite database:
- Dr. Omanyte, for being the e-Series King 👑 and sending me all the e-Reader Dot Code data that happen to be missing from my collection
- Eden Bynever, for discovering that there is alt artwork for SEVERAL Pokémon! Their contributions will be noted as they occur.
Pokédex # | Pokémon | Main Sprite | Mini | Notes |
#000 | MissingNo. | Sorry, this isn’t real… I made these up as a placeholder, but I kinda like how it looks. | ||
#001 | Bulbasaur | |||
#002 | Ivysaur | |||
#003 | Venusaur | |||
#004 | Charmander | |||
#005 | Charmeleon | |||
#006 | Charizard | |||
#007 | Squirtle | |||
#008 | Wartortle | |||
#009 | Blastoise | |||
#010 | Caterpie | |||
#011 | Metapod | |||
#012 | Butterfree | |||
#013 | Weedle | |||
#014 | Kakuna | |||
#015 | Beedrill | Thanks to Dr.Omanyte for this sprite! | ||
#016 | Pidgey | |||
#017 | Pidgeotto | |||
#018 | Pidgeot | |||
#019 | Rattata | |||
#020 | Raticate | |||
#021 | Spearow | |||
#022 | Fearow | |||
#023 | Ekans | |||
#024 | Arbok | |||
#025 | Pikachu | |||
#026 | Raichu | |||
#027 | Sandshrew | |||
#028 | Sandslash | |||
#029 | Nidoran♀ | |||
#030 | Nidorina | |||
#031 | Nidoqueen | |||
#032 | Nidoran♂ | |||
#033 | Nidorino | |||
#034 | Nidoking | |||
#035 | Clefairy | |||
#036 | Clefable | |||
#037 | Vulpix | |||
#038 | Ninetales | |||
#039 | Jigglypuff | |||
#040 | Wigglytuff | |||
#041 | Zubat | |||
#042 | Golbat | |||
#043 | Oddish | |||
#044 | Gloom | |||
#045 | Vileplume | |||
#046 | Paras | |||
#047 | Parasect | |||
#048 | Venonat | |||
#049 | Venomoth | |||
#050 | Diglett | |||
#051 | Dugtrio | |||
#052 | Meowth | |||
#053 | Persian | |||
#054 | Psyduck | |||
#055 | Golduck | |||
#056 | Mankey | |||
#057 | Primeape | |||
#058 | Growlithe | |||
#059 | Arcanine | |||
#060 | Poliwag | |||
#061 | Poliwhirl | |||
#062 | Poliwrath | |||
#063 | Abra | |||
#064 | Kadabra | |||
#065 | Alakazam | |||
#066 | Machop | |||
#067 | Machoke | |||
#068 | Machamp | |||
#069 | Bellsprout | |||
#070 | Weepinbell | |||
#071 | Victreebel | |||
#072 | Tentacool | |||
#073 | Tentacruel | |||
#074 | Geodude | |||
#075 | Graveler | |||
#076 | Golem | |||
#077 | Ponyta | |||
#078 | Rapidash | |||
#079 | Slowpoke | |||
#080 | Slowbro | |||
#081 | Magnemite | |||
#082 | Magneton | |||
#083 | Farfetch’d | |||
#084 | Doduo | |||
#085 | Dodrio | |||
#086 | Seel | |||
#087 | Dewgong | |||
#088 | Grimer | By the looks of things, they accidentally swapped Grimer and Muk’s mini-icon with one another. However, I’ve only scanned one of each Pokémon, so I’ll later check and see if this mix-up is part of other Grimer/Muk cards. But like, when you scan in Grimer and Muk’s cards, it shows Grimer evolving into a Muk which is clearly Grimer… | ||
#089 | Muk | …while Muk is shown evolving from a Grimer which is clearly a Muk. Eh wot?? That said, I’m keeping them as-is for the sake of keeping things accurate to the original card scans… because hey, maybe this WAS intentional. Maybe the Muk that Grimer evolves to is having a bad day, or the Grimer that Muk evolves from just won big at Vegas? I’m not here to judge. | ||
#090 | Shellder | |||
#091 | Cloyster | |||
#092 | Gastly | |||
#093 | Haunter | |||
#094 | Gengar | |||
#095 | Onix | |||
#096 | Drowzee | |||
#097 | Hypno | |||
#098 | Krabby | |||
#099 | Kingler | |||
#100 | Voltorb | |||
#101 | Electrode | |||
#102 | Exeggcute | |||
#103 | Exeggutor | |||
#104 | Cubone | |||
#105 | Marowak | |||
#106 | Hitmonlee | |||
#107 | Hitmonchan | |||
#108 | Lickitung | |||
#109 | Koffing | |||
#110 | Weezing | |||
#111 | Rhyhorn | |||
#112 | Rhydon | |||
#113 | Chansey | |||
#114 | Tangela | |||
#115 | Kangaskhan | |||
#116 | Horsea | |||
#117 | Seadra | |||
#118 | Goldeen | |||
#119 | Seaking | |||
#120 | Staryu | |||
#121 | Starmie | |||
#122 | Mr. Mime | |||
#123 | Scyther | |||
#124 | Jynx | |||
#125 | Electabuzz | |||
#126 | Magmar | |||
#127 | Pinsir | |||
#128 | Tauros | |||
#129 | Magikarp | |||
#130 | Gyarados | |||
#131 | Lapras | |||
#132 | Ditto | |||
#133 | Eevee | For some reason, while most of the -Eon evolutions use the Eevee icon on the top, some (but not all) Espeon and Umbreon uses the Eevee icon on the bottom. Here, take a look! I think that bottom Eevee icon was an older version which was later updated to the top version, but that update didn’t propagate out to those few Espeon and Umbreon cards. It also makes me wonder what other different icons are out there… | ||
#134 | Vaporeon | |||
#135 | Jolteon | |||
#136 | Flareon | |||
#137 | Porygon | |||
#138 | Omanyte | |||
#139 | Omastar | |||
#140 | Kabuto | |||
#141 | Kabutops | Thanks to Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#142 | Aerodactyl | |||
#143 | Snorlax | |||
#144 | Articuno | |||
#145 | Zapdos | |||
#146 | Moltres | |||
#147 | Dratini | |||
#148 | Dragonair | |||
#149 | Dragonite | |||
#150 | Mewtwo | Thanks Dr.Omanyte for helping me get this sprite! | ||
#151 | Mew | |||
#152 | Chikorita | |||
#153 | Bayleef | |||
#154 | Meganium | |||
#155 | Cyndaquil | |||
#156 | Quilava | |||
#157 | Typhlosion | |||
#158 | Totodile | |||
#159 | Croconaw | |||
#160 | Feraligatr | |||
#161 | Sentret | |||
#162 | Furret | |||
#163 | Hoothoot | |||
#164 | Noctowl | |||
#165 | Ledyba | |||
#166 | Ledian | |||
#167 | Spinarak | |||
#168 | Ariados | |||
#169 | Crobat | |||
#170 | Chinchou | Thanks to Eden Bynever for the alt sprite! | ||
#171 | Lanturn | Thanks to Eden Bynever for the alt sprite! | ||
#172 | Pichu | |||
#172 | Pichu Bros. | This was a special Pichu sprite, seen only in the Japanese “Pichu Bros.” e-Reader card promo (ID: Z-19-#). This sprite was extracted by Dr.Omanyte from the PA! Discord. Gracias! | ||
#173 | Cleffa | |||
#174 | Igglybuff | |||
#175 | Togepi | |||
#176 | Togetic | |||
#177 | Natu | |||
#178 | Xatu | |||
#179 | Mareep | Thanks to Eden Bynever for the alt sprite! | ||
#180 | Flaaffy | Thanks to Eden Bynever for the alt sprite! | ||
#181 | Ampharos | Thanks to Eden Bynever for the alt sprite! | ||
#182 | Bellossom | |||
#183 | Marill | |||
#184 | Azumarill | |||
#185 | Sudowoodo | |||
#186 | Politoed | |||
#187 | Hoppip | |||
#188 | Skiploom | |||
#189 | Jumpluff | |||
#190 | Aipom | |||
#191 | Sunkern | |||
#192 | Sunflora | |||
#193 | Yanma | |||
#194 | Wooper | |||
#195 | Quagsire | |||
#196 | Espeon | |||
#197 | Umbreon | |||
#198 | Murkrow | |||
#199 | Slowking | |||
#200 | Misdreavus | |||
#201 | Unown | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. Unown was the only Johto Pokémon—and truly the first Pokémon up to this point—to suffer this fate. | ||
#202 | Wobbuffet | |||
#203 | Girafarig | |||
#204 | Pineco | |||
#205 | Forretress | |||
#206 | Dunsparce | |||
#207 | Gligar | |||
#208 | Steelix | |||
#209 | Snubbull | |||
#210 | Granbull | |||
#211 | Qwilfish | |||
#212 | Scizor | |||
#213 | Shuckle | |||
#214 | Heracross | |||
#215 | Sneasel | |||
#216 | Teddiursa | |||
#217 | Ursaring | |||
#218 | Slugma | |||
#219 | Magcargo | |||
#220 | Swinub | |||
#221 | Piloswine | |||
#222 | Corsola | |||
#223 | Remoraid | |||
#224 | Octillery | |||
#225 | Delibird | |||
#226 | Mantine | |||
#227 | Skarmory | |||
#228 | Houndour | |||
#229 | Houndoom | |||
#230 | Kingdra | |||
#231 | Phanpy | |||
#232 | Donphan | |||
#233 | Porygon2 | |||
#234 | Stantler | |||
#235 | Smeargle | |||
#236 | Tyrogue | |||
#237 | Hitmontop | |||
#238 | Smoochum | |||
#239 | Elekid | |||
#240 | Magby | |||
#241 | Miltank | |||
#242 | Blissey | |||
#243 | Raikou | |||
#244 | Entei | |||
#245 | Suicune | |||
#246 | Larvitar | |||
#247 | Pupitar | |||
#248 | Tyranitar | |||
#249 | Lugia | Lugia was never released in the West; this came from a Japan-only promo. Thanks to Dr.Omanyte for sharing it with me! | ||
#250 | Ho-Oh | |||
#251 | Celebi | |||
#252 | Treecko | |||
#253 | Grovyle | |||
#254 | Sceptile | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#255 | Torchic | |||
#256 | Combusken | |||
#257 | Blaziken | |||
#258 | Mudkip | |||
#259 | Marshtomp | |||
#260 | Swampert | |||
#261 | Poochyena | |||
#262 | Mightyena | |||
#263 | Zigzagoon | |||
#264 | Linoone | |||
#265 | Wurmple | |||
#266 | Silcoon | |||
#267 | Beautifly | Its card in EX Ruby/Sapphire (2/109) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#268 | Cascoon | |||
#269 | Dustox | Its card in EX Ruby/Sapphire (6/109) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#270 | Lotad | |||
#271 | Lombre | |||
#272 | Ludicolo | Its card in EX Sandstorm (7/100) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#273 | Seedot | |||
#274 | Nuzleaf | |||
#275 | Shiftry | |||
#276 | Taillow | |||
#277 | Swellow | |||
#278 | Wingull | |||
#279 | Pelipper | |||
#280 | Ralts | |||
#281 | Kirlia | |||
#282 | Gardevoir | Its card in EX Ruby/Sapphire (7/109) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#283 | Surskit | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#284 | Masquerain | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#285 | Shroomish | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#286 | Breloom | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#287 | Slakoth | |||
#288 | Vigoroth | |||
#289 | Slaking | Its card in EX Ruby/Sapphire (12/109) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#290 | Nincada | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#291 | Ninjask | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#292 | Shedinja | Its card in EX Dragon (11/97) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#293 | Whismur | This Pokémon only had a single Promo Card during the Card-E era. Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#294 | Loudred | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#295 | Exploud | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#296 | Makuhita | |||
#297 | Hariyama | |||
#298 | Azurill | |||
#299 | Nosepass | |||
#300 | Skitty | |||
#301 | Delcatty | |||
#302 | Sableye | Its card in EX Sandstorm (10/100) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#303 | Mawile | Its card in EX Sandstorm (9/100) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#304 | Aron | |||
#305 | Lairon | |||
#306 | Aggron | Its card in EX Ruby/Sapphire (1/97) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#307 | Meditite | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#308 | Medicham | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#309 | Electrike | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#310 | Manectric | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#311 | Plusle | Its card in EX Dragon (8/97) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#312 | Minun | Its card in EX Dragon (7/97) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#313 | Volbeat | |||
#314 | Illumise | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#315 | Roselia | Its card in EX Dragon (9/97) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#316 | Gulpin | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#317 | Swalot | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#318 | Carvanha | |||
#319 | Sharpedo | |||
#320 | Wailmer | Since its evolution never had a Card-E card, this Pokémon doesn’t have a mini-icon. Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the alt sprite; that alt sprite comes from a Japan-only Promo. | ||
#321 | Wailord | Its card in EX Ruby/Sapphire (14/109) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#322 | Numel | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#323 | Camerupt | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#324 | Torkoal | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#325 | Spoink | |||
#326 | Grumpig | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#327 | Spinda | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#328 | Trapinch | |||
#329 | Vibrava | |||
#330 | Flygon | |||
#331 | Cacnea | Since its evolution never had a Card-E card, this Pokémon doesn’t have a mini-icon. | ||
#332 | Cacturne | Its card in EX Sandstorm (2/100) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#333 | Swablu | |||
#334 | Altaria | Its card in EX Dragon (2/97) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#335 | Zangoose | Its card in EX Sandstorm (14/100) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#336 | Seviper | Its card in EX Sandstorm (11/100) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#337 | Lunatone | Its card in EX Sandstorm (8/100) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#338 | Solrock | Its card in EX Sandstorm (13/100) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#339 | Barboach | |||
#340 | Whiscash | |||
#341 | Corphish | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#342 | Crawdaunt | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#343 | Baltoy | |||
#344 | Claydol | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#345 | Lileep | |||
#346 | Cradily | Its card in EX Sandstorm (3/100) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#347 | Anorith | |||
#348 | Armaldo | Its card in EX Sandstorm (1/100) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#349 | Feebas | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#350 | Milotic | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#351 | Castform | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#352 | Kecleon | This is a unique situation; in the West there was only one Kecleon release (EX Sandstorm 18/100).
In Japan, however, there was a special Gen 3 preview promo card (ID: Z-01-x; 001/P) release for the Fourth Pokémon movie. Depending on which card you got, they had four different Kecleon sprites when you scanned it into the e-Reader. Pretty nifty, huh? (PS: These sprites came courtesy of Dr. Omanyte!) |
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#353 | Shuppet | Since its evolution never had a Card-E card, this Pokémon doesn’t have a mini-icon. | ||
#354 | Banette | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#355 | Duskull | |||
#356 | Dusclops | Its card in EX Sandstorm (4/100) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#357 | Tropius | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#358 | Chimecho | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#359 | Absol | Its card in EX Dragon (1/97) was holo-only and thus had no code to scan. | ||
#360 | Wynaut | |||
#361 | Snorunt | Since its evolution—Glalie—never had a Card-E-era card, there is no mini-icon for Snorunt. | ||
#362 | Glalie | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#363 | Spheal | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#364 | Sealeo | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#365 | Walrein | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#366 | Clamperl | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#367 | Huntail | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#368 | Gorebyss | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#369 | Relicanth | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#370 | Luvdisc | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#371 | Bagon | |||
#372 | Shelgon | |||
#373 | Salamence | Thanks to Dr. Omanyte and Eden Bynever for the sprite! | ||
#374 | Beldum | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#375 | Metang | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#376 | Metagross | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#377 | Regirock | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#378 | Regice | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#379 | Registeel | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. | ||
#380 | Latias | Only one card released during the Card-E era had a Dot Code bar to scan. Thanks to Dr.Omanyte for this sprite! | ||
#381 | Latios | Only one card released during the Card-E era had a Dot Code bar to scan. Thanks to Dr.Omanyte for this sprite! | ||
#382 | Kyogre | Only one card released during the Card-E era had a Dot Code bar to scan. Thanks to Dr.Omanyte for this sprite! | ||
#383 | Groudon | Only one card released during the Card-E era had a Dot Code bar to scan. Thanks to Dr.Omanyte for this sprite! | ||
#384 | Rayquaza | None of its cards released during the Card-E era had a Dot Code bar to scan. | ||
#385 | Jirachi | None of its cards released during the Card-E era had a Dot Code bar to scan. | ||
#386 | Deoxys | This Pokémon never had a Pokémon TCG card released during the Card-E era. |
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That’s about it for now! But this is still a work in progress, so keep an eye out on the main page for any updates to the list.