Durant Pokémon Card Guide: Cute Picks, Best Sets, and Collector Tips
Find the cutest Durant cards: Illustration Rares, promos, and binder-ready picks across English, Japanese, and Chinese TCG sets.
2024-11-28
Popularity Rank: #574
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: #504
2019 survey: #531
#574 / 1025
Pokédex details
National Dex
#0632
Height
0.3 m
Weight
33.0 kg
Capture rate
90 / 255
Generation
Gen V
Gender ratio
50% male, 50% female
Hatch steps
5,100 steps
Base happiness
70
Growth rate
Medium
Color
Gray
Habitat
—
Shape
Armor
What makes Durant so likeable
The elevator pitch for Durant: cute, recognizable, and worth a binder slot.
- Standing under half a meter tall, Durant is tiny in the best possible way.
- Cheerful personality in-game — Durant feels upbeat even before you pick a favourite card.
- A staple in our 🐛 Bugs & Insects crowd — Durant is one of those picks collectors nod at immediately.
Pokémon TCG cards
Recent cards featuring Durant from the Trading Card Game, newest first.
Mega Rising
One Diamond
Secluded Springs
One Diamond
Journey Together
Common
Surging Sparks
Special illustration rare
Surging Sparks
Ultra Rare
Surging Sparks
Double rare
Paradox Rift
Uncommon
Silver Tempest
Common
Fusion Strike
Common
Battle Styles
Uncommon
Rebel Clash
Uncommon
Sword & Shield
Rare
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Laying out a Durant page that photographs well
Spread layout for Durant, TCG picks to anchor the page, and open artwork you can print for Michi-style scene pockets.
Cards to anchor your spread
TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.
Durant #70 (White Flare) by Yuka Morii is essential — her signature clay-art style gives Durant an irresistibly handcrafted charm.
Durant #128 (Lost Thunder) is a promo worth chasing — alternate art that stands out on any Durant binder page.
Durant #14 (Journey Together) is a solid binder pick — easy to find and always looks great in a spread.
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).
Durant mini binder spread
A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Durant chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.
Left page
White Flare
Uncommon
Lost Thunder
Common
Journey Together
Common
Mega Rising
One Diamond
Secluded Springs
One Diamond
Surging Sparks
Special illustration rare
Surging Sparks
Ultra Rare
Right page
Surging Sparks
Double rare
Paradox Rift
Uncommon
Silver Tempest
Common
Fusion Strike
Common
Battle Styles
Uncommon
Rebel Clash
Uncommon
Sword & Shield
Rare
BREAKpoint
Uncommon
Flashfire
Rare
Start with a background that echoes Durant's bug and steel, 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 — Durant
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Durant
Find more scene art
Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.
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Additional tips
- Durant'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 Durant duplicates beside the binder — trades move faster when the page is already curated.
- Lead with your strongest Durant single, then echo it with a secondary spread featuring Accelgor, Anorith, and Araquanid so the page reads as a story, not a checklist.
- Hunt bilingual or alt-language copies when Durant lettering or embossing outshines the English print — especially if you trade with collectors who search native names.
Durant on the tabletop
Optional competitive context for Durant. Display collectors can skip straight to the backstory below.
Base stats
In-game numbers for Durant — useful context beside abilities and moves.
HP
58
Attack
109
Defense
112
Sp. Atk
48
Sp. Def
48
Speed
109
Total: 484
Players file Durant around tier "Past" while Ability Swarm (Strengthens Bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.
- Bug/Steel typings invite clash lighting or split backgrounds — lean into that tension on-page.
- Hidden Ability Truant 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 Durant — 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 Durant, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.
They attack in groups, covering themselves in steel armor to protect themselves from Heatmor.
Durant dig nests in mountains. They build their complicated, interconnected tunnels into mazes.
Individuals each play different roles in driving Heatmor, their natural predator, away from their colony.
Durant shows up in White 2 lore as individuals each play different roles in driving heatmor, their natural predator, away from their colony. When you shop for cards, look for illustrations that lean into that mood instead of generic portrait poses.
Canon tags Durant as the Iron Ant Pokémon and known for gray colouration — backgrounds that echo those cues (studio, habitat, or abstract) usually photograph better than random neon gradients.
Name in other languages
Common localized names collectors may search for.
German
Fermicula
Spanish
Durant
French
Fermite
Italian
Durant
Japanese
アイアント
Japanese (Romaji)
Aiant
Korean
아이앤트
Chinese (Simplified)
铁蚁
Chinese (Traditional)
鐵蟻
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