Obscure Krabby and Kingler Cards

Hi everyone! I was wondering what you guys knew about more obscure krabby or kingler cards, i dont know a whole lot so i was just trying to see if you guys could point me in the right direction! I love these pokemon so much ever since the episode where ash defeated exeggutor and krabby evolved. I was mesmerized as a child and just absolutely loved it. Anyway, thank you!

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Not sure of rarity but there are a few Krabby cards listed here: English Fossil Set - Master Misprint Guide

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That bloodly claw error sounds cool, i just have never been super big on error cards. Thanks for those though I swear i learn something new everyday on here.

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Hint :slight_smile:
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Vending has always been my favorite as the art is quite different and mainly unique to only Japan and they are still relatively cheap considering they’re pretty old.


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Yep there we go thats what im talking about :heart_eyes: The Krabby is adorable and i absolutely love him.

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Are you looking for all Krabby/Kingler cards? Or just tcg specific?

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Krabby makes cameo appearances as a silhouette on Blaine’s Quiz #1 and in the background mural on Misty’s Cerulean City Gym:


The most valuable Krabby cards would be the 2016 World Championships Champions Festival and the 2019 World Championships Champions Festival (due to featuring the artwork of the former in the background) and their various stamped variants:


As for the most obscure Kingler cards, I nominate the Non-Holo versions of Expedition Cloyster, Goldeen, and Magikarp, as their e-Reader dot codes are required alongside the set’s Kingler to unlock the e-Reader minigame Kingler’s Day:





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Here’s one! The Hanafuda Kanto cameo

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Thats a really good one too!

Holy. Crap. Thats nuts!

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Here’s some more cool ones

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I’m sure @dromanyte can tell you all about DJ Krabby lol

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Really digging that bulbasaur and kingler one!

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I originally had tcg in mind but i saw other stuff and im enjoying all of it so keep it coming lol

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DJ Krabby is a mysterious card that was mostly probably created by a japanese person more than 20 years ago.
This Krabby appears in Page 12 of “Pokémon Card Trainers Magazine Vol.20” (Along other cards such as Chef Groudon & Jet Sharpedo) (05th January 2003)
Despite NOT being released physically, it’s a very obscure card related to Krabby.

Translation to English :us:
(thanks to @Viral for helping me with translation via this thread)

Translation to Spanish :mexico:

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A little heartbreaking but yeah that wins

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This is incredible!

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Whoa, so much Krabby info I had no idea about, this is awesome!

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This is such a neat trivia piece. Chef Groudon looking pretty cool over there too!

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