Kyogre

Kyogre in the anime: Team Magma, Team Aqua and Hoopa

Kyogre's first animated appearance is a swim through the opening of the movie Jirachi: Wish Maker. Its physical series debut is the Advanced Generation two-parter Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends, in which Team Magma and Team Aqua each hold one of the Hoenn Legendaries and Kyogre ends up battling Groudon. A Primal Kyogre is one of the Legendary Pokémon the shadow Hoopa Unbound summons and hypnotizes in Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, and in the Sun and Moon episode The One That Didn't Get Away!, Lana cures and calms a Kyogre that poachers had poisoned.

Kyogre on cards: ex promos, a Gold Star, a LEGEND and Primal EX

Kyogre's first card is a Kyogre ex on the Nintendo Black Star Promos list (#1). Team Magma vs Team Aqua (2004) made Team Aqua's Kyogre a Water and Darkness dual type holo, and Hidden Legends (2004) and Crystal Guardians (2006) each printed a Kyogre ex. Kyogre Star, #112 in EX Delta Species (2005), is its Gold Star card, a shiny-colored Pokémon Star by Masakazu Fukuda that shares the set with Groudon Star and Metagross Star.

HS Undaunted (2010) split Kyogre & Groudon LEGEND across two half-cards (#87 and #88) that can only be put onto the Bench together and then play as one Pokémon. Dark Explorers (2012) printed Kyogre-EX with a full art at #104, and Primal Clash (2015) brought Primal Reversion to the card game: Primal Kyogre-EX evolves from Kyogre-EX, carries the α Growth Ancient Trait and has a full art at #149. Ancient Origins added a different Primal Kyogre-EX later in 2015, a Secret Rare (#96) with the θ Max trait. Later highlights include an Amazing Rare Kyogre in Shining Fates (2021) and Kyogre V in Crown Zenith (2023).

Our catalog lists 33 Kyogre cards across 22 sets, with the XY era (9) and the EX era (8) carrying the most. Nearly every headline Kyogre has a Groudon counterpart, from the Gold Star pair to the LEGEND they share and the matching Primal EX cards, so collectors often chase the two together.

Cards to know

• Kyogre ex (Nintendo Black Star Promos #1)

  Kyogre's first card, a Kyogre ex promo from the start of the Ruby and Sapphire era.

• Kyogre Star (Delta Species #112)

  Kyogre's Gold Star card, a shiny-colored Pokémon Star illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.

• Kyogre & Groudon LEGEND (Undaunted #88)

  One half of the two-card LEGEND that enters play and battles as a single Pokémon.

• Kyogre-EX (Dark Explorers #104)

  The full art version of Kyogre's first Pokémon-EX card, by 5ban Graphics.

• Primal Kyogre EX (Primal Clash #149)

  The full art Primal Kyogre-EX from the set that brought Primal Reversion into the card game.

• Primal Kyogre EX (Ancient Origins #96)

  A Secret Rare Primal Kyogre-EX with the θ Max Ancient Trait, a different card from the Primal Clash version.