Koffing Pokémon Card Guide: Cute Picks, Best Sets, and Collector Tips
Your complete Koffing Pokémon card guide: standout artwork, key sets, ability highlights, and binder strategy for every collector.
2024-01-20
Popularity Rank: #347
Fan survey data
Blended rank from two r/pokemon "favourite Pokémon" surveys, weighted 60/40 toward the 2025 results (u/Jawnysparklez; u/mamamia1001 2019).
2025 survey: #488
2019 survey: #203
#347 / 1025
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Koffing
Poison Gas Pokémon
Because it stores several kinds of toxic gases in its body, it is prone to exploding without warning.
Pokédex details
Height
0.6 m
Weight
1.0 kg
Base EXP
0
Capture rate
190 / 255
Generation
Gen I
Base happiness
70
Growth rate
Medium
Color
Purple
Habitat
Urban
Shape
Ball
Egg groups
Indeterminate
What makes Koffing so likeable
The elevator pitch for Koffing: cute, recognizable, and worth a binder slot.
- Cheerful personality in-game — Koffing feels upbeat even before you pick a favourite card.
- Koffing has that "favourite since childhood" energy — you don't need lore to explain the appeal.
- Honestly? Some Pokémon are just plain likeable. They don't need a sales pitch.
Pokémon TCG cards
Recent cards featuring Koffing from the Trading Card Game, newest first.
Destined Rivals
Common
Journey Together
Common
Mythical Island
One Diamond
Genetic Apex
One Diamond
Crown Zenith
Common
151
Common
Chilling Reign
Common
Shining Fates Shiny Vault
Rare Shiny
Shining Fates
Common
Rebel Clash
Common
Cosmic Eclipse
Common
Cosmic Eclipse
Secret Rare
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Laying out a Koffing page that photographs well
Binder geometry for Koffing: where the eye should land first and what can stay in the background.
Cards to anchor your spread
TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.
Koffing #SV076 (Shining Fates Shiny Vault) is a top priority for collectors — the shiny treatment adds a sparkly centrepiece to any Koffing page.
Koffing #73 (Unbroken Bonds) is a promo worth chasing — alternate art that stands out on any Koffing binder page.
Koffing #51 (Base Set) is a solid binder pick — easy to find and always looks great in a spread.
Koffing #58 (Team Rocket) is a sleeper hit — not expensive, but a favorite for themed collections.
Species art references
Character renders for colour matching, pose ideas, and silhouette checks.
Official artwork
Match card holo colours and keep the species silhouette consistent across pockets.
HOME render
Modern pose reference when you want a cleaner, upright character layout.
Dream World vector
Simple line-and-fill shape — handy for tracing pocket placement before you print.
Shiny palette
Alternate colourway for accent pockets or shiny-themed spreads.
Art via PokéAPI/sprites (open source).
Koffing mini binder spread
A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Koffing chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.
Left page
Shining Fates Shiny Vault
Rare Shiny
Unbroken Bonds
Common
Base Set
Common
Team Rocket
Common
Destined Rivals
Common
Journey Together
Common
Mythical Island
One Diamond
Right page
Genetic Apex
One Diamond
Crown Zenith
Common
151
Common
Chilling Reign
Common
Shining Fates
Common
Rebel Clash
Common
Cosmic Eclipse
Common
Start with a background that echoes Koffing's poison, then place your chase holo in the top-left anchor slot. Secondary copies can step down in rarity toward the edges so the spread breathes in photos.
Michi Method scene examples
Illustration picks when dedicated scene art is not cached yet — card frames may still show.
Scene wallpaper — Koffing
Illustration by artofpkm.com
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Koffing
Scene wallpaper — Koffing
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Koffing
Find more scene art
Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.
Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Additional tips
- Koffing's cheerful base temperament invites playful sticker sleeves or washi — don't force a grimdark layout unless the art demands it.
- Keep a "swap tray" of mid-value Koffing duplicates beside the binder — trades move faster when the page is already curated.
- Lead with your strongest Koffing single, then echo it with a secondary spread featuring Weezing so the page reads as a story, not a checklist.
- Hunt bilingual or alt-language copies when Koffing lettering or embossing outshines the English print — especially if you trade with collectors who search native names.
Koffing on the tabletop
Optional competitive context for Koffing. Display collectors can skip straight to the backstory below.
Base stats
In-game numbers for Koffing — useful context beside abilities and moves.
HP
40
Attack
65
Defense
95
Sp. Atk
60
Sp. Def
45
Speed
35
Total: 340
Players file Koffing around tier "LC" while Ability Levitate (Evades Ground moves.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.
- Mono-poison Koffing spreads live on lighting variation: same palette, different contrast.
- Hidden Ability Stench is the deep-cut hunt — call it out when you sell or trade so buyers know you are curating, not flipping random holos.
3D battle sprites
Animated Showdown-style models for Koffing — normal and shiny.
Sprites via Project Pokémon. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Backstory & Lore
A short write-up on Koffing, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.
Because it stores several kinds of toxic gases in its body, it is prone to exploding without warning.
In hot places, its internal gases could expand and explode without any warning. Be very careful!
Canon tags Koffing as the Poison Gas Pokémon, a creature of urban habitats, and known for purple colouration — backgrounds that echo those cues (studio, habitat, or abstract) usually photograph better than random neon gradients.
Collectors still read Koffing and Weezing fastest left-to-right; matching illustration eras across those stages matters more than cramming every rarity onto one page.
In the games, Koffing → Weezing make up this evolution family — a natural arc to echo when you curate cards or binder spreads.
Name in other languages
Common localized names collectors may search for.
German
Smogon
Spanish
Koffing
French
Smogo
Italian
Koffing
Japanese
ドガース
Japanese (Romaji)
Dogars
Korean
또가스
Chinese (Simplified)
瓦斯弹
Chinese (Traditional)
瓦斯彈
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