# Its offfical! There are only 20 illustrators printed! **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** upccc-archive, insider-bureau\ **Created:** [January 25, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/its-offfical-there-are-only-20-illustrators-printed/11692 "2014-01-25T18:37:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![mkpokecc](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/mkpokecc/32/246_2.png) [@mkpokecc](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/mkpokecc)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/its-offfical-there-are-only-20-illustrators-printed/11692/1 "2014-01-25T18:37:13Z")
It seems like there has been a little light shed on the amount of “Pokemon Illustrator” cards given out. [This article](http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/elementalblastsor/32512810.html&usg=ALkJrhhnbrF7cOlpKfnxJ3rJ_ebfQEPYuw) (scroll down the page) appears to show a November 1997 coro coro comic article that highlights the illustration contest, along with how many illustrator cards were given out. It seems that 4 winners had their illustrations made into cards: Poliwrath, Snorlax, Mr. Mime, and Mewtwo, while the top 20 overall received the coveted Pokemon illustrator card. Although more than 6, anyway you slice it 20 is an incredibly low amount…who knows how many survived after 15+ years on top of that! To compare just under 60 Honus Wagner cards are in existence…and that still brings a pretty penny. Discuss! 😊 --- _[View the full topic](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/its-offfical-there-are-only-20-illustrators-printed/11692)._