Jasmine

Jasmine in the anime: a sick Ampharos and a sixth Badge

The anime keeps the games' Olivine story. In Fight for the Light!, Jasmine's Ampharos, Sparkle, is too sick for her to accept challenges, and her apprentice Janina travels with Ash's group to fetch medicine from Cianwood City. The Gym battle finally comes in Nerves of Steelix!: Pikachu beats her Magnemite but falls to Steelix, and Cyndaquil wins the last round by turning Steelix's Sandstorm into a fiery whirlwind with Flamethrower, earning Ash his sixth Badge. She returns in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl at Sunyshore City, studying Contest Battles, and loses a battle to Elite Four member Flint.

Jasmine on cards: from Team Up to Surging Sparks

Her English Supporter run opens in Team Up (January 31, 2019) with an Uncommon (#145) illustrated by Ken Sugimori and an Ultra Rare full art version (#177) illustrated by Hideki Ishikawa; that card searches the deck for a Metal Pokémon. Jasmine's Gaze followed almost six years later in Surging Sparks (November 8, 2024) as an Uncommon (#178) and an Ultra Rare (#233), both illustrated by Taira Akitsu, plus a Special Illustration Rare (#245) with separate artwork by Fujimoto Gold. It cuts the damage all of the player's Pokémon take during the opponent's next turn.

She also appears beside her Pokémon on two English Pokémon cards: the Cosmic Eclipse Steelix (#247), numbered above the set total, and the Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery Bronzong (TG11).

How collectors approach Jasmine's cards

The two Supporters split neatly by era: the Team Up pair from 2019 and the Surging Sparks trio from 2024, each built on an Uncommon plus an Ultra Rare full art. Surging Sparks adds a third tier with the Special Illustration Rare, so her 2024 card has the wider rarity spread. Collectors who want her pictured with her team rather than on a Supporter look to the Cosmic Eclipse Steelix and the Trainer Gallery Bronzong.

Cards to know

• Jasmine (Team Up #145)

  Her first English card, an Uncommon Supporter illustrated by Ken Sugimori.

• Jasmine (Team Up #177)

  The Ultra Rare full art version of the same Supporter, illustrated by Hideki Ishikawa.

• Jasmine's Gaze (Surging Sparks #178)

  The Uncommon printing of her second Supporter card.

• Jasmine's Gaze (Surging Sparks #233)

  The Ultra Rare version of the same 2024 Supporter.

• Jasmine's Gaze (Surging Sparks #245)

  A Special Illustration Rare with separate artwork by Fujimoto Gold.