Background cameos let illustrators wink at the wider Pokédex. Smeargle earns 3 of those moments across 2021–2022, distributed among KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA, Naoki Saito and Akira Komayama and other contributors.
Fusion Strike contains the most Smeargle cameos in any one set, while KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA is the artist most associated with Smeargle background appearances.
3 cards with Smeargle in the background spanning 2021–2022, with art by KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA, Naoki Saito and Akira Komayama.
Smeargle appears as a background cameo across 3 Pokémon cards.
These appearances range from clear sightings to barely-visible silhouettes, scattered across 2021–2022 of the TCG.
Each cameo rewards collectors who pause to look closely at the card art.