Favorite Pokemon Card Art

bacon

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I really like the style of holographic cards in E-Card series. They have just the right balance of "sparkle" to make the cards look appealing to me. The Pokemon artwork itself was often diverse, and ranged from simple to almost scary levels of realism. The attacks and Pokemon Powers were often accompanied by chunky paragraphs of text that made the cards look intimidating and interesting. The Crystal cards are just beautiful, and are my favourite kind of "special" rare. Scans don't do them justice, you need to hold one in your hand to truly appreciate their lustre.

My favourite card for looks is Crystal Crobat. It has a perfect balance of everything. The card art is nice, but not overly detailed. The card background's smooth transitions between faint shades of blues, purples and reds looks lovely without being too distracting. The same can be said for the sparkle: It's there, it's pretty, but it doesn't dominate the card (unlike, say, recent EX Pokemon). The text for the attacks and ability is interesting but doesn't overcrowd the card. And, importantly for collectors, it just looks valuable. It oozes rarity. The weird energy requirements and typing are telling you that this is not a typical card.

And of course, I own it. Crystal Crobat was one of the only holographic cards (not just Crystal, holo in general) that I pulled from those damn E-Card sets. These sets are notoriously difficult to complete. So knowing that I own a Crystal Crobat, one of the harder to find cards in the series, makes it even more valuable and hence special in my eyes. : )
 

Elk-Dimension

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NUFF SAID
 

Nigel

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http://www.http://google.com/.com/images/Floatzel-GL-LV.X-Rising-Rivals-RR-104.jpg
 

Blui

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Funniest
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Cutest
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Most Epic
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Best FA
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EDIT: My bad :p
 

PG24

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jesus christ Blui129, use spoilers

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Alaska

formerly princemeat skarmheart
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Here are my reasons:
- The Slowpoke is in a field, and is only like 10 percent of the card's art.
- Shaymin reminds me of Mountain Dew Baja Blast.
- lol wacky packages
 

PG24

<Pride> I'm my wildest fantasy
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yo that's just gothitelle's sexy model pose

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forgot to mention that any card by imakuni? instantly has amazing art.
 

Alaska

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Trainerhan1 said:
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Also the forever alone Omanyte is pretty good.
This and Honchkrow SV are the cards right after the ones I picked. The artist who does the art for this card makes so much good stuff.
 

Trainerhan1

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Meatheart said:
This and Honchkrow SV are the cards right after the ones I picked. The artist who does the art for this card makes so much good stuff.

Those are good, and anything by Kagemaru Himeno I also love.
 
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