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NS Eevee · Twilight Masquerade · 2024
Illustrator 2019 – 2025

Narumi Sato

Narumi Sato has been credited on Pokémon TCG cards from 2019 to 2025, with work appearing in Fusion Strike, Brilliant Stars, and Paldea Evolved. The illustrations favor watercolor softness, playful mood, and balanced, character-forward compositions with vibrant, pastel-leaning color.

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Main period
2019 – 2025
Cards illustrated
45
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$190.00
Snorlax · 2019
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About the artist

Narumi Sato is credited on Pokémon TCG illustrations from 2019 through 2025, spanning more than 40 cards. Recent appearances include Fusion Strike, Brilliant Stars, and Paldea Evolved, with additional work across the Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet era releases represented in this index.

Across these cards, Sato’s approach leans whimsical and watercolor-driven, pairing soft edges with vibrant, harmonious palettes that often drift into pastel warmth. Compositions are frequently balanced and clear, with simple staging that keeps attention on the character while still allowing for lively, dynamic beats when needed. The prevailing mood reads playful, cheerful, and lighthearted, occasionally settling into calmer, serene scenes. A representative highlight is Lechonk (sv3-209). Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Narumi Sato is Snorlax (swshp-SWSH068).

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Best cards by Narumi Sato

Curated reading of the corpus — composition, atmosphere, and lasting standing.

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Eevee

Twilight Masquerade

Eevee 2024
Lechonk

Obsidian Flames

Lechonk 2023
Spectrier

Lost Origin

Spectrier 2022
Alcremie

Phantasmal Flames

Alcremie 2025
Lillipup

White Flare

Lillipup 2025
Finizen

Twilight Masquerade

Finizen 2024
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Narumi Sato’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Narumi Sato’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Psychic
    9
  2. Water
    8
  3. Colorless
    6
  4. Grass
    5
  5. Fire
    5
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Iconic cards

Cards that travel beyond the archive — defining works, frequently cited.

Snorlax

Snorlax

SWSH Black Star Promos 2019
Glaceon V

Glaceon V

Evolving Skies 2021
Eevee

Eevee

Twilight Masquerade 2024
Beedrill V

Beedrill V

Astral Radiance 2022
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The full archive

12 of 45 cards · every credit, every era.

Alcremie

Phantasmal Flames

Alcremie 2025
Lillipup

White Flare

Lillipup 2025
Ethan’s Pichu

Destined Rivals

Ethan’s Pichu 2025
Lillie’s Comfey

Journey Together

Lillie’s Comfey 2025
Eevee

Twilight Masquerade

Eevee 2024
Finizen

Twilight Masquerade

Finizen 2024
Mudbray

Temporal Forces

Mudbray 2024
Swoobat

Paldean Fates

Swoobat 2024
Minun

Paradox Rift

Minun 2023
Snorunt

Paradox Rift

Snorunt 2023
Eevee

151

Eevee 2023
Lechonk

Obsidian Flames

Lechonk 2023