Manaphy

Manaphy in the anime

In the film Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, a Manaphy Egg was sought by the Phantom and his gang before hatching in May's hands; it helped the People of the Water find the Sea Temple Samiya and is known as the Prince of the Sea. In Pikachu, What's This Key?, Meowth, Wobbuffet, and Inkay encounter a Manaphy in a floating water world before being launched skyward by a Wailord.

Manaphy on the card

Manaphy is thought to be based on sea angels, tiny transparent ocean mollusks, with its Egg design echoing the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii. Its earliest card is the 2007 Diamond & Pearl Rare Holo illustrated by Nakaoka. The XY era brought two Black Star promos illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga and a Manaphy EX Ultra Rare pair from BREAKpoint illustrated by Ryo Ueda and Eske Yoshinob, and Crown Zenith's Galarian Gallery added a Rare illustrated by Taira Akitsu.

Cards to know

• Manaphy (Diamond & Pearl #9)

  Manaphy's earliest card, a 2007 Diamond & Pearl Rare Holo illustrated by Nakaoka.

• Manaphy EX (BREAKpoint #116)

  A BREAKpoint Manaphy EX Ultra Rare illustrated by Ryo Ueda.

• Manaphy EX (BREAKpoint #32)

  A second BREAKpoint Manaphy EX Ultra Rare illustrated by Eske Yoshinob.

• Manaphy (Shining Fates #24)

  A Shining Fates Rare illustrated by Narumi Sato.

• Manaphy (Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery #GG06)

  A Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery Rare illustrated by Taira Akitsu.