Professor Elm

Professor Elm on cards: from Neo Genesis to Professor Elm's Lecture

Elm's first card was Professor Elm in Neo Genesis (2000), a Trainer that shuffles the hand into the deck and draws seven cards but ends Trainer play for the turn; it was reissued as a Best of Game promo. Professor Elm's Training Method was one of the first Supporters, in Expedition Base Set (2002), and was reprinted in Unseen Forces, Dragon Frontiers, HeartGold SoulSilver, the HeartGold SoulSilver Trainer Kit and Call of Legends, always with Ken Sugimori art. Lost Thunder (2018) introduced Professor Elm's Lecture by Hideki Ishikawa, as an Uncommon and an Ultra Rare.

How collectors approach Professor Elm's cards

No Pokémon card has been named as Elm's; every card with his name is a Trainer. The Lost Thunder Ultra Rare is his only printing at that rarity.

Cards to know

• Professor Elm's Training Method (Expedition Base Set #148)

  His first Supporter, from the 2002 set that introduced the card type.

• Professor Elm's Training Method (HeartGold SoulSilver #100)

  The 2010 reprint in the set built on the Johto remakes.

• Professor Elm's Lecture (Lost Thunder #188)

  The Uncommon of his 2018 Supporter, illustrated by Hideki Ishikawa.

• Professor Elm's Lecture (Lost Thunder #213)

  His only Ultra Rare, also by Hideki Ishikawa.