Bill

Bill on cards: from Base Set to Bill's Transfer

Bill was on cards from the start: the Base Set (1999) Bill is a Common Trainer that simply draws two cards, reprinted in Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection. Neo Genesis (2000) added Bill's Teleporter and Neo Destiny added Mail from Bill. When the Supporter card type arrived with Expedition Base Set (2002), Bill's Maintenance was among the first Supporters, and it was reprinted in FireRed & LeafGreen, Crystal Guardians and POP Series 5, every time with Ken Sugimori art.

HeartGold & SoulSilver (2010) printed a Bill Supporter, and Celestial Storm (2018) brought Bill's Maintenance back as an Uncommon and a full art Ultra Rare by Sanosuke Sakuma. Team Up (2019) introduced Bill's Analysis by Naoki Saito, reprinted in Hidden Fates later that year, and the Kanto-themed 151 set (2023) added Bill's Transfer by GIDORA as an Uncommon and an Ultra Rare.

How collectors approach Bill's cards

No Pokémon card has been named as Bill's; every card with his name is a Trainer. Ken Sugimori illustrated his main-set cards from the Base Set through HeartGold & SoulSilver, with Bill's Teleporter (Keiji Kinebuchi) the one exception. His only Ultra Rares are the Celestial Storm Bill's Maintenance and the 151 Bill's Transfer.

Cards to know

• Bill's Teleporter (Neo Genesis #91)

  A Neo Genesis Trainer named for the teleporter at his Sea Cottage, illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi.

• Bill's Maintenance (Expedition Base Set #137)

  One of the first Supporter cards, from the set that introduced the card type in 2002.

• Bill's Maintenance (Celestial Storm #162)

  A full art Ultra Rare of Bill's Maintenance by Sanosuke Sakuma (2018).

• Bill's Analysis (Hidden Fates #51)

  The Hidden Fates reprint of the Team Up Supporter, illustrated by Naoki Saito.

• Bill's Transfer (151 #194)

  The Ultra Rare of his newest Supporter, from the Kanto-themed 151 set, by GIDORA.