Hydreigon

Hydreigon on cards: a Noble Victories Rare to two special illustration rares

Hydreigon's first card is Noble Victories #79 from November 2011, a Rare illustrated by 5ban Graphics. Our catalog lists 25 Hydreigon printings across 17 sets spanning five eras, and 5ban Graphics drew 10 of them. Steam Siege (2016) printed Hydreigon BREAK, an XY era mechanic in which the BREAK card is laid sideways over a Hydreigon already in play, keeping its attacks and adding more. Surging Sparks (2024) and White Flare (2025) each printed a special illustration rare Hydreigon ex.

Hydreigon in the anime: Carlita's mount and Cameron's heavy hitter

Hydreigon debuted in the 2011 movies White: Victini and Zekrom and Black: Victini and Reshiram, owned by Carlita, who battled with it in the Harvest Battle Tournament and against Ash's Victini-boosted Tepig, then rode it through the rest of the films; in White it is Shiny. In the Black and White series, Shannon's Zweilous evolved into a Hydreigon that rampaged in confusion until Iris calmed it in A Village Homecoming!, and at the Vertress Conference, Cameron's Hydreigon knocked out Ash's Boldore and Oshawott before Pignite beat it.

Cards to know

• Hydreigon (Noble Victories #79)

  Hydreigon's first card, a 2011 Rare illustrated by 5ban Graphics.

• Hydreigon (Next Destinies #103)

  A 2012 Secret Rare, numbered past the set's main list, also by 5ban Graphics.

• Hydreigon BREAK (Steam Siege #87)

  A 2016 Ultra Rare using the XY era's sideways BREAK Evolution format.

• Hydreigon ex (Surging Sparks #240)

  A 2024 special illustration rare illustrated by AKIRA EGAWA.

• Hydreigon ex (White Flare #169)

  A 2025 special illustration rare illustrated by Takumi Wada.