If the one to one hundred other people on the forum who wish Pokemon would show more of the terestral crown and overall tera-aesthetic on their cards, rather than banishing said crowns from the TCG entirely, would please raise their hands, it would be most appreciated.
I'm going to buy a custom playmat in a few months, and I'm debating whether to use a collage of first generation illustrations (unedited or GBC versions) or a collage of tera Pokemon screenshots. It's actually proving hard for me to make up my mind, not to mention I have a few other ideas in the running. I've always been fond of the tera aesthetic and wish the tera ex illustrations took more after the tera Gyarados booster pack artwork, or at least the Japanese merchandise. More upsetting still, however, was the fact that the beautiful new semi-opaque, semi-transparent background texture blocked the majority of the tera crowns. For this reason, I'm thankful that the Full Arts have featured closer to 70% of the crowns, but I'm still not sure it's worth spending $3-4 a card more than once, certainly not enough times to fill an entire binder page with unique tera crowns (keep in mind I have a much lower budget than most collectors). Fortunately, I no longer feel crestfallen on this topic as I originally did.
Whoever asked if getting a Braixen Character Rare meant the possibility of a Gabite Character Rare may be pleasantly surprised if we get a Garchomp ex Illustration Rare line in our November set. As much as people may resent Charizard ex getting a Super Illustration Rare, it does open up the same opportunity for future tera Pokemon, so if anyone is longing for a more detailed tera full art (and has more disposable income than myself), they may have future opportunities to procure such a card that does not cost $50/$150/$550.
