Suicune

Suicune in the anime: Eusine's obsession and Goh's catch

Suicune debuted in Don't Touch That 'dile, a silhouette on a lake that vanished into the fog when Ash tried to battle it. The same Suicune returned in For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, calming a swarm in Ecruteak City and brushing off Eusine's Alakazam, which set Eusine on his pursuit of it.

It also appears in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, purifying the Lake of Life, and a Shiny Suicune appears with its trio in Zoroark: Master of Illusions. In Pokémon Journeys, Goh caught a Suicune in Healing the Healer! to protect it from Pokémon hunters, and it chose to stay his while roaming free.

Suicune on cards: from Neo Revelation to a Gold Star

Suicune's first card is the Neo Revelation #14 holo from 2001, illustrated by Ken Sugimori. A Wizards Black Star Promo by Atsuko Nishida, who has drawn four Suicune cards, came with the Pokémon 4Ever home video release, and Aquapolis (2003) printed Suicune twice, as a Rare and as a holo in the set's H-numbered subset. The EX era added Suicune ex in Team Magma vs Team Aqua and Rocket's Suicune ex in Team Rocket Returns, both 2004 and both by Ryo Ueda.

Unseen Forces (2005) printed Suicune ☆, a Gold Star card showing Suicune in its Shiny coloring, illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda. Later special printings include a secret rare Suicune GX in Lost Thunder (2018), a Shiny rare in the Shining Fates Shiny Vault (2021) and an Ultra Rare Suicune V in Crown Zenith's Galarian Gallery (2023).

Cards to know

• Suicune (Neo Revelation #14)

  Suicune's first card, a 2001 holo illustrated by Ken Sugimori.

• Suicune (Wizards Black Star Promos #53)

  A Wizards-era promo tied to the Pokémon 4Ever home video release, illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.

• Suicune ☆ (Unseen Forces #115)

  The 2005 Gold Star card, showing a Shiny Suicune, illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.

• Suicune GX (Lost Thunder #220)

  A secret rare Suicune GX from 2018, illustrated by 5ban Graphics.

• Suicune (Shining Fates Shiny Vault #SV022)

  A Shiny rare from the 2021 Shiny Vault subset, illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.

• Suicune V (Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery #GG38)

  An Ultra Rare Suicune V from Crown Zenith's Galarian Gallery subset, illustrated by Atsushi Furusawa.