Nessa

Nessa beyond the games: Twilight Wings and Masters EX

The animated series Pokémon: Twilight Wings gives Nessa her own episode, Early-Evening Waves. After losing a Champion Cup match to Milo, she is needled by Chairman Rose, who suggests her modeling is getting in the way of her Gym work. A photo shoot reunites her with a Feebas she befriended as a child, now a Milotic, and she decides to keep both careers.

In the mobile game Pokémon Masters EX she forms a sync pair with Drednaw, and her Holiday 2021 version is paired with Eiscue.

Nessa on cards: from Vivid Voltage to Crown Zenith

Nessa has one Trainer card, a Supporter simply named Nessa, that puts up to four Water Pokémon and Water Energy cards, in any combination, from the discard pile into the hand. It debuted in Vivid Voltage on November 13, 2020, printed three times in that set: an Uncommon (#157) illustrated by take, plus a full-art Ultra Rare (#183) and a Secret Rare (#196), both illustrated by Ryuta Fuse.

The card came back in the Lost Origin Trainer Gallery on September 9, 2022, as a full-art Ultra Rare (TG27) with new artwork by saino misaki, and again in Crown Zenith on January 20, 2023, as a Holo Rare (#136) illustrated by Souichirou Gunjima. All five printings carry the same effect, so choosing between them comes down to artwork and finish: the Ryuta Fuse full art and its Secret Rare counterpart, saino misaki's Trainer Gallery take, or the Crown Zenith holo.

Cards to know

• Nessa (Vivid Voltage #157)

  Her first card, an Uncommon Supporter illustrated by take.

• Nessa (Vivid Voltage #183)

  The full-art Ultra Rare from her debut set, illustrated by Ryuta Fuse.

• Nessa (Vivid Voltage #196)

  The Secret Rare printing from her debut set, also illustrated by Ryuta Fuse.

• Nessa (Lost Origin Trainer Gallery #TG27)

  A 2022 full-art Ultra Rare with separate artwork by saino misaki.

• Nessa (Crown Zenith #136)

  Her most recent printing, a 2023 Holo Rare illustrated by Souichirou Gunjima.