Kartana is an Ultra Beast resembling an origami human folded from paper, with long thin arms shaped like katanas sharp enough to cut nearly anything. It has no pre-evolution or evolution, and holds the highest base Attack stat of all Grass and Steel types along with the lowest base Special Defense among Steel types.
It is also the lightest Grass-type and Steel-type Pokémon, and its high catch rate combined with the Beast Ball's bonus against Ultra Beasts means it can never fail to be caught in Sun and Moon.
Kartana debuted in Living on the Cutting Edge!, arriving in Alola through an Ultra Wormhole and slicing through objects across Melemele Island. After the Ultra Guardians failed to catch it, Kartana sliced apart a meteor falling toward the Pokémon School, saving it from damage, before creating a new wormhole and returning home.
Kartana debuted with three Crimson Invasion GX prints illustrated by 5ban Graphics, including an Ultra Rare and a Secret Rare. Celestial Storm and Unbroken Bonds followed with Rares by Hasuno and Shin Nagasawa, and Hidden Fates Shiny Vault closed with Shiny rare prints by Anesaki Dynamic and 5ban Graphics.
Crimson Invasion's Ultra Rare GX, illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
Crimson Invasion's Secret Rare GX, also by 5ban Graphics.
Celestial Storm's Rare, illustrated by Hasuno.
Hidden Fates Shiny Vault's Shiny rare, illustrated by Anesaki Dynamic.
No, Kartana is an Ultra Beast with no pre-evolution or evolution.
It draws on origami and samurai imagery, possibly referencing noshi or shikigami paper figures.
Our catalog lists 7 Kartana cards across 4 sets.
| # | Card | Set | Year | Rarity | Price | 30D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kartana GX | Crimson Invasion | 2017 | Secret Rare | Holo | $11.54guide | -2.8% |
| 2 | Kartana-GX | Hidden Fates Shiny Vault | 2019 | Shiny rare | — | $8.97guide | +4.3% |
| 3 | Kartana GX | Crimson Invasion | 2017 | Ultra Rare | Holo | $5.70guide | -0.7% |
| 4 | Kartana | Hidden Fates Shiny Vault | 2019 | Shiny rare | — | $4.29guide | -2.3% |
| 5 | Kartana GX | Crimson Invasion | 2017 | Ultra Rare | Holo | $3.10guide | +6.9% |
| 6 | Kartana | Unbroken Bonds | 2019 | Holo Rare | Holo | $1.22guide | +3.4% |
| 7 | Kartana | Celestial Storm | 2018 | Rare | — | $1.11guide | +8.8% |
Ranked by each card’s main print in near-mint raw condition. 1st Edition, Shadowless and other versions are priced on each card’s page. The table updates live.
The value across Kartana cards is spread tightly: all 7 of the 7 Kartana cards carry a market value, and the leader, the Secret Rare Kartana GX from Crimson Invasion in 2017, is ahead of the next card by 1.3 times. The most valuable Kartana card is one entry in a close pack. The priced cards cover 2017 to 2019, all within the Sun & Moon era.
Kartana GX from Crimson Invasion in 2017 is the Secret Rare that leads Kartana card value, 1.3 times ahead of the next card. That runner-up is Kartana-GX from the Hidden Fates Shiny Vault in 2019, a Shiny rare. Third is another Kartana GX from Crimson Invasion, this one an Ultra Rare, followed by the Hidden Fates Shiny Vault Kartana, also a Shiny rare. Crimson Invasion and Hidden Fates hold the top four places among the most valuable Kartana cards.
The printed rarities among the seven Kartana cards are two Shiny rare cards, two Ultra Rare cards, one Holo Rare, one Rare and one Secret Rare. The Shiny rare pair come from the Hidden Fates Shiny Vault in 2019, and the Ultra Rare pair are Kartana GX cards from Crimson Invasion in 2017. The Holo Rare is the Unbroken Bonds Kartana from 2019, and the Rare is the Celestial Storm Kartana from 2018. The leading twenty-five carry the same counts.
Among the 1020 species with priced cards, Kartana ranks 681st by the value of its single leading card. The Kartana card market is compact: seven cards, a leader 1.3 times the second, and every card from the 2017 to 2019 Sun & Moon sets. The Crimson Invasion Secret Rare and the Hidden Fates Shiny Vault prints sit close together, and that closeness is how the Kartana market is built.
Written from market data as of October 29, 2026; the table updates live.

カミツルギ
Grass · Steel
Kartana is the Drawn Sword Pokémon, a Grass/Steel Ultra Beast that resembles an origami figure with katana-like arms sharp enough to cut nearly anything. It has no evolutionary line and appeared in the anime slicing a meteor to save Ash's school.
No published index yet — too few of Kartana’s cards trade often enough to strike one.
Kartana GXCrimson Invasion · 106$5.700.0%39Quant score39 / 100
Kartana GXCrimson Invasion · 117$11.540.0%39Quant score39 / 100
Kartana GXCrimson Invasion · 70$3.100.0%70Quant score70 / 100
KartanaUnbroken Bonds · 19 · Holo$1.22+2.5%65Quant score65 / 100