All illustrators/satoma
satoma is a Tokyo-based illustrator who came into the game through the front door: before working on the TCG officially, their submitted Cramorant was a quarterfinalist in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest 2022. Their first commissioned card was Dratini in the Obsidian Flames expansion.
Quick answer
CardSpicy records 59 Pokémon card printings credited to satoma — 29 of them in the English run, 29 Japanese printings outside it, 36 with an official card image. The English run spans 2023–2026. 4 of those printings have a Simplified Chinese card. The printings include 1 Japan-only or promo set. The highest-priced of the artist’s Simplified Chinese cards is $83.55 in PSA 10.
Who they are
The contest route into the TCG has become the standard path for new illustrators over the last few years, and satoma is one of its clearest successes: a competitive entry in 2022, an official debut in 2023, and a steady set of credits since. Their output is still small — 29 English printings across 18 sets — which is normal for an illustrator three years into the job.
Every card credited to satoma
Every printing we can attribute to this artist, shown card by card: English first, then the Japanese printings that never had an English release, then the sets that only ever ran in Japan. Each printing is listed under its own language rather than merged, because a Japanese original and its English release are different cards to a collector. Cards whose official image is not in the open card databases are still listed, and say so.
- Scarlet & Violet Era 15 (2023–2025)
- Mega Evolution Era 14 (2025–2026)
English printings 29
Every English printing credited to satoma, grouped by era and then by set.
Scarlet & Violet Era
15 cards
2023–2025 · 12 sets
Mega Evolution Era
14 cards
2025–2026 · 6 sets
Japanese printings outside the English run 29
Japanese printings in sets with no English equivalent release.
Scarlet & Violet Era
13 cards
2023–2025 · 10 sets
Japan-only and early promotional sets 1
Sets that exist only in Japanese, or that ran as promotions and were never part of an English expansion. No official card image exists in the open databases for these, so they are listed without artwork rather than with a stand-in.
Delta Reign
1 card
Their Simplified Chinese cards
Simplified Chinese cards credited to satoma, with our price data.
| Card | Printing | No. | PSA 10 | Ungraded | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mew Ex | Chinese promo | #3 | $47,609 | $12,718 | Find this Card for Me |
| Chandelure | Gem Pack Vol.3 | #1107 | $83.55 | $15.25 | Find this Card for Me |
| Cynthia’s Spiritomb | CSV10C | #138 | — | — | Find this Card for Me |
| Dratini | CSV4C | #90 | — | — | Find this Card for Me |
| Keldeo | CSV7C | #63 | — | — | Find this Card for Me |
Prices are PriceCharting sale values in US dollars, PSA 10 where a graded sale exists and ungraded where it does not. They move.
Their career in the TCG
Because the body of work is short, the Simplified Chinese print run is a large part of it: 4 priced Chinese cards, and a place in our index on the strength of a single card rather than of volume.
- 2022Cramorant is a quarterfinalist in the Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest.
- 2023First official card: Dratini, Obsidian Flames.
- 2026Reaches 29 English printings across 18 sets.
Style and technique
satoma’s cards are quiet. The framing tends to sit close to the Pokémon, the palette is restrained, and the lighting is soft and directional rather than theatrical — the register of a careful painted study rather than a poster.
That restraint is what makes the cards hold up next to the louder Art Rare and Special Art Rare slots in the same sets: they are not competing for attention, so they end up being the cards people notice on a second pass.
Frequently asked questions
How many cards by this illustrator does CardSpicy list?
CardSpicy lists 59 printings credited to satoma on this page. Official card images are available for 36 of them.
Does this illustrator have Simplified Chinese cards?
Yes. CardSpicy prices 4 cards by satoma in Simplified Chinese, each as a PSA 10 Gem Mint value.
Which card by this illustrator is the most valuable?
The highest-priced Simplified Chinese card CardSpicy lists for this illustrator is $83.55. That is a recorded PSA 10 Gem Mint value, not an asking price.
When did this illustrator first appear in English?
The English printings CardSpicy records for this illustrator run from 2023 to 2026.
Are any printings released only in Japan?
Yes. CardSpicy records 29 printings released only in Japanese, outside the English run, and 1 set released only in Japan or as promos.
Sources
- Bulbapedia, “Satoma”
- Bulbapedia card index, Category: Illus. by satoma (30 cards)
- TCGdex card database, illustrator credits by printing (29 English printings)
- PriceCharting Simplified Chinese sales via our own card index
Card attribution comes from the illustrator field recorded in the card databases; where a single card was reprinted across many sets, each printing is counted separately.
See also the full card index — every card CardSpicy tracks, ranked by PSA 10 value.