Winter suits the TCG beautifully. Snow gives illustrators an excuse to strip a scene down to almost nothing, and when a card is mostly white space with one small creature in it, everything gets quieter and better.
This is our round-up of the snow and winter Pokémon cards worth putting in a binder, from full whiteouts to snowy city scenes, and the Ice types who live there year round!
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Snowfall Pokémon Cards
Falling snow does something no other weather does to a card: it flattens the background into a soft grey wall and pushes the Pokémon forward. It’s the easiest depth trick in illustration and it works every single time.
Our Picks:
- Vanillite · White Flare #111 on eBay
- Raboot · Stellar Crown #147 on eBay
- Crabominable · Stellar Crown #149 on eBay
- Articuno · Journey Together #161 on eBay
- Grusha · Paldea Evolved #268 on eBay
- Cresselia · Shrouded Fable #071 on eBay
- Zeraora V · Chilling Reign #166 on eBay
- Chien-Pao ex · Paldea Evolved #261 on eBay
- Vanilluxe · White Flare #113 on eBay
- Galarian Articuno · SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH282 on eBay
- Froslass · Twilight Masquerade #174 on eBay
- Frosmoth · Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery #TG04 on eBay
- Celebi V · Fusion Strike #245 on eBay
- Candice · Silver Tempest #189 on eBay
Cute Winter Pokémon Cards
The soft end of the season. Round Pokémon in the snow, mostly having a nice time, occasionally being mildly inconvenienced by the weather in a way that’s clearly meant to be funny. Ice types skew adorable more than any other type. A whole category of creatures built around a hostile element and most of them are just little guys.
Our Picks:
- Hisuian Lilligant V · Astral Radiance #163 on eBay
- Snom · Temporal Forces #168 on eBay
- Piplup · Phantasmal Flames #098 on eBay
- Eiscue ex · Obsidian Flames #222 on eBay
- Snorunt · Paradox Rift #188 on eBay
- Spheal · Surging Sparks #199 on eBay
- Dewgong · Phantasmal Flames #097 on eBay
- Vanillish · White Flare #112 on eBay
- Cubchoo · Black Bolt #109 on eBay
- Vanillish · Paradox Rift #190 on eBay
Scenic Snowy Background Cards
Here the weather has stopped and the landscape takes over. Mountains, frozen lakes, empty fields, and a Pokémon somewhere in it for scale. These are the ones that reward being looked at rather than flipped past. A few of them put the Pokémon so far back in the scene that the card reads as a landscape first.
Our Picks:
- Cetitan · Surging Sparks #201 on eBay
- Magmortar · Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery #GG03 on eBay
- Cleffa · Obsidian Flames #202 on eBay
- Iron Bundle · Scarlet & Violet Promos #SVP066 on eBay
- Metagross · Temporal Forces #178 on eBay
- Reuniclus · Scarlet & Violet Promos #SVP212 on eBay
- Suicune V · Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery #GG38 on eBay
- Keldeo · Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery #GG07 on eBay
- Ethan’s Magcargo · Ascended Heroes #222 on eBay
- Delibird · Mega Evolution #152 on eBay
- Snorunt · Ascended Heroes #227 on eBay
Glaceon Cards
The Eeveelution that only exists because of a frozen rock, which makes her the most literally seasonal Pokémon on the list. Glaceon gets a section of her own because the illustrators keep handing her great cards.
Our Picks:
- Glaceon V · Evolving Skies #175 on eBay
- Glaceon VSTAR · Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery #GG40 on eBay
- Glaceon · Scarlet & Violet Promos #SVP171 on eBay
- Glaceon · Twilight Masquerade #054 on eBay
- Glaceon · SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH192 on eBay
- Glaceon VMAX · Evolving Skies #209 on eBay
Ice Rider & Shadow Rider Calyrex Cards
Chilling Reign built its whole identity around these two, and the split between them is the fun part. Ice Rider gets the blizzard and the white horse, Shadow Rider gets the cold of a different kind. Collect them as a pair and the page tells you exactly what that set was about.
Our Picks:
- Ice Rider Calyrex V · Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery #TG14 on eBay
- Ice Rider Calyrex V · Chilling Reign #164 on eBay
- Shadow Rider Calyrex V · Chilling Reign #172 on eBay
- Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX · Chilling Reign #205 on eBay
Christmas-Themed Pokémon Cards
The TCG has never officially done Christmas, which somehow makes this better. What you get instead are cards that landed on the holiday sideways: a Pokémon that happens to look like a tree, a promo built around a snow festival, a gift-carrying bird who was always going to end up here.
Our Picks:
- Flaaffy · Expedition #77 on eBay
- Delibird · Chilling Reign #032 on eBay
- Sapporo’s Pikachu · Japanese Promo #5/SM-P on eBay
- Jumpluff · Neo Revelation #9 on eBay
- Minccino · Sword & Shield #146 on eBay
- Pineco · Destined Rivals #004 on eBay
Commons & Affordable Winter Cards
Winter is one of the easiest themes to collect on a budget, because snow turns up constantly on regular set cards where nobody thinks to look for it.
Our Picks:
- Alolan Vulpix · Ultra Prism #30 on eBay
- Galarian Mr. Mime · Battle Styles #034 on eBay
- Sneasel · Cosmic Eclipse #43 on eBay
- Snorunt · Cosmic Eclipse #47 on eBay
- Litleo · Lost Origin #028 on eBay
- Snorunt · Generations Radiant Collection #RC7 on eBay
- Alolan Vulpix · Guardians Rising #21a on eBay
- Aurorus · Forbidden Light #28 on eBay
- Dragonair · Base Set #18 on eBay
- Charizard · Generations Radiant Collection #RC5 on eBay
- Vanilluxe · Guardians Rising #35 on eBay
- Vanillite · White Flare #027 on eBay
- Magmar · Brilliant Stars #019 on eBay
- Snorunt · Twilight Masquerade #051 on eBay
That’s our roundup of the best snow and winter Pokémon cards in the TCG! Which ones are your favorites? Let us know in the comments below!
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