Pokemon Card Generator

Make your own Pokemon card in six steps

Step one, pick a template. Classic is the yellow base-set look from 1999, Modern follows the deep Scarlet & Violet border style, and TCG Pocket is the rounded style of the mobile game. Step two, choose a rarity finish: Common, Rare, Holo or Full Art. Step three, pick the card type: Pokemon, Trainer or Energy. Step four, set the art. Upload a photo and the card crops it into the art window on its own. Roll a random Pokemon and the tool fills the window with official artwork, plus the name, HP and type.

Step five, fill the details. The name goes under the HP bar, the type select sets the card's color theme, and the weakness select drives the little strength row at the bottom. Type the attack names and damage numbers, then a flavor line and an illustrator credit. Step six, the preview redraws with every keystroke. When it looks right, hit Download PNG: the card saves at 630 x 880, the ratio print services expect. Nothing gets sent to a server, so iterate as long as you like.

Why use a Pokemon card maker instead of a template image?

A blank template image does not reflow when your attack text wraps or your name runs long, so you end up pushing text boxes around for an hour. This maker redraws the card with every keystroke, and the layout problem never shows up. File quality is the second issue: pulling a template back out of an editor is hit or miss, while the download here is 630 x 880 at the exact 63 x 88 mm ratio, straight off the canvas. Edits are cheap too. Change your mind about the type or flip the rarity and the card rebuilds, no paint-overs. And because the state lives in your browser, the card is still there when you come back tomorrow.

Pokemon card generator templates: Classic, Modern and TCG Pocket

Classic is the warm yellow frame and dark name plate of the 1999 cards. Modern is a deep border in your type's color, with a bigger art window and a quieter stat zone. TCG Pocket takes the app's soft rounded frame and its white space. All three are drawn fresh in the browser; no official card layout gets copied.

Rarity stacks on top. Common keeps the plain frame, Rare adds a silver edge, Holo adds a rainbow edge, and Full Art runs the artwork edge to edge. Three templates times four rarities is twelve distinct looks, all from two rows of buttons.

Who makes custom Pokemon cards, and where they go

Pokemon fans make cards of their dream teams, their OCs and their fan characters. Content creators turn a screenshot or a meme into a card in seconds, then drop it into a Discord thread or a TikTok. Teachers and parents build reward cards and class rosters on the Classic template; a kid's name on a Pokemon card outdoes a sticker chart every time. Game designers mock up card concepts before paying for final art. The finished card goes everywhere: a friend's face with an inside-joke attack survives on a desk for years, a hyper-specific parody outlives the joke in any group chat, and the copy button packages the card with a link to this page. Anniversary cards and classroom reward cards get the same treatment: a physical card always beats a screenshot.

Part of a full Pokemon toolkit

This Pokemon card generator sits alongside the rest of the tools on the site. The main Random Pokemon Generator rolls full teams, and the Pokemon Team Picker builds six-Pokemon squads with moves and natures. The Random Mega Pokemon Generator deals only Mega Evolutions if you want a mega on your card.

For random inspiration, use the Pokemon Wheel Spinner to draw your card's subject, or let Who's That Pokemon pick a silhouette to guess first. If the card belongs to a challenge run, the Nuzlocke Team Builder sets the rules, and the Random Shiny Pokemon Generator deals a shiny-only squad when only sparkle will do. And memes pair well with a verdict shot from the Pokemon Smash or Pass page.

For flavor, the Random Pokemon Name Generator finds a name for your custom creature, and the Pokemon Nature Chart tells you which nature the stats deserve. The Pokemon Shiny Odds page has the real odds if you want "shiny" in the flavor text. And for the other kind of card, the Pokemon Trainer Card Generator makes the trainer card that matches this Pokemon card. If you only need one Pokemon settled in a click, the Random Pokemon Picker draws a single pick from the full 1,025-species pool. And the Pokemon Type Chart plus Pokemon IV Calculator finish the reference side — check your matchups and hidden IVs in two clicks. Need a specific Pokemon fast? The Pokemon Search finds any species by name in the same dex.