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U Darmanitan · Phantasmal Flames · 2025
Illustrator 2019 – 2025

Uta

Uta has been credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards since 2019, with artwork appearing through 2025. Their illustrations span Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet releases, including appearances in Cosmic Eclipse and 151, marked by vibrant, playful, dynamic scenes.

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Main period
2019 – 2025
Cards illustrated
53
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$58.97
Galarian Articuno V · 2021
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About the artist

Uta is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards since 2019, with artwork appearing through 2025. In this index, Uta’s cards are concentrated in the Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet series, with additional appearances in sets such as Cosmic Eclipse and 151.

The work is characterized by cartoon-leaning, colorful digital illustration, often built around balanced, focused compositions that still read as action-forward. Across the catalogue, scenes tend toward playful and energetic moods, supported by vibrant palettes with frequent contrast and warm, earthy notes. A representative card is Jolteon (SM12 70). Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Uta is Galarian Articuno V (SWSH6 170).

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Best cards by Uta

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

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Darmanitan

Phantasmal Flames

Darmanitan 2025
Absol

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

Absol 2023
Oranguru V

Astral Radiance

Oranguru V 2022
Scyther

Astral Radiance

Scyther 2022
Garbodor V

Evolving Skies

Garbodor V 2021
Galarian Articuno V

Chilling Reign

Galarian Articuno V 2021
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Uta’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Uta’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Fighting
    12
  2. Darkness
    9
  3. Fire
    7
  4. Psychic
    6
  5. Grass
    5
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Iconic cards

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

Galarian Articuno V

Galarian Articuno V

Chilling Reign 2021
Gengar

Gengar

SWSH Black Star Promos 2019
Escavalier

Escavalier

Black Bolt 2025
Houndoom

Houndoom

SWSH Black Star Promos 2019
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The full archive

12 of 53 cards · every credit, every era.

Darmanitan

Phantasmal Flames

Darmanitan 2025
Trapinch

Phantasmal Flames

Trapinch 2025
Escavalier

Black Bolt

Escavalier 2025
Golett

Black Bolt

Golett 2025
Golurk

Black Bolt

Golurk 2025
Mudsdale

Destined Rivals

Mudsdale 2025
Team Rocket’s Muk

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket’s Muk 2025
Alolan Marowak

Journey Together

Alolan Marowak 2025
Regirock

Journey Together

Regirock 2025
Palossand

Twilight Masquerade

Palossand 2024
Electabuzz

Temporal Forces

Electabuzz 2024
Crobat

Paradox Rift

Crobat 2023