This year for Worlds 2025, I’m releasing four custom cards to help promote Pokémon Aaah!, and I want to share more info about each card being released. The fourth promo card is “Missingno. ex”.

As you may already know, Missingno. is a glitch “Pokémon” that existed in the Gen 1 Pokémon games. It was also the very first custom Pokémon TCG card I made back in 1999, because… well, no one had made a Missingno. fake card before. In fact I’ve made several over the years, each one playing with the idea that—as a Bird-type Pokémon—Missingno. would look a bit like a flamingo. Especially considering that a flamingo has a question mark-like head and neck, AND the name “Missingno” and “flamingo” rhyme… it’s like pottery.

…pay no attention to Missingno. ex just reusing the artwork for Light Missingno.

I always loved Missingno. as a concept, especially my own little Missingno. design. I even had someone do a cute little gijinka version of it a long time ago… the original deviantArt link by oxboxer/eatfun died a long time ago but I found an archived copy which you can see to the right. Another fun part of the Missingno. concept is seeing how other people have designed their own Bird-type Missingnos as well… everyone focusing on different aspects of the Missingno. legend that resonated more with them.

So what better way to express my love of Missingno. to new fans who might not know about the site by making another Missingno. card? Only this time it’s different: it’s a Pokémon TCG Pocket version of Missingno.! Gareth48 on the PA! Discord has taken time out to pull raw graphics from the PTCG Pocket package, allowing me to make an authentic version of an actual PTCG Pocket card. Too bad you can’t actually use this card in an actual match… but hey, at least you can have an actual physical PTCG Pocket card! And if you want a copy of the artwork itself, here’s a version for you:

That’s pretty much for my story with Missingno.! If you want to chat more with us about how cool Missingno. (or any other glitch Pokémon), check out our social media pages:

We hope to see you there!