Rowlet

Ash's Rowlet: the partner that sleeps through its own wins

Ash caught Rowlet in the Sun & Moon series episode First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!, after learning it had been raised by a flock of Pikipek led by a Toucannon and a Trumbeak. It was the first Pokémon he sent out in the Melemele Island grand trial, beating Kahuna Hala's Crabrawler and then promptly falling asleep, a habit that became its signature.

It never evolved in the series: while training it swallowed an Everstone and kept it, then built its Seed Bomb around the stone. Later in the series it defeated Hau's Decidueye, its own final evolution, and it was the Pokémon that befriended the Meltan Ash went on to catch.

Rowlet on cards: a Tag Team GX and two Shiny Vaults

Rowlet reached the main expansions with Sun & Moon #9 (February 2017), a Common by Megumi Mizutani, and it has since appeared in McDonald's Collection sets and as Black Star promos. Unified Minds (2019) printed Rowlet & Alolan Exeggutor GX in four versions: the regular card by Mitsuhiro Arita, full arts by ConceptLab and Naoyo Kimura, and a Secret Rare by ConceptLab numbered beyond the set.

Its Shiny form appeared in the Shiny Vault subsets of both Hidden Fates (2019, by sui) and Shining Fates (2021, by Akira Komayama). The Mega Evolution era's Perfect Order (2026) added a Common and an Illustration rare by ryoma uratsuka.

Cards to know

• Rowlet (Sun & Moon #9)

  Rowlet's first main-expansion card, a 2017 Common by Megumi Mizutani.

• Rowlet & Alolan Exeggutor GX (Unified Minds #215)

  The Naoyo Kimura full art of its Tag Team GX.

• Rowlet & Alolan Exeggutor GX (Unified Minds #237)

  The Secret Rare version of the Tag Team, by ConceptLab.

• Rowlet (Hidden Fates Shiny Vault #SV2)

  Its Shiny rare from the Hidden Fates Shiny Vault, illustrated by sui.

• Rowlet (Perfect Order #090)

  An Illustration rare by ryoma uratsuka from 2026.