(Pack Artwork TBD) POKEMON TCG: NEO WORLD Art & Design by MasterGallade / Avalon Designs I've been working on my own fake Pokemon card templates in Illustrator for awhile, and I already posted a few fake cards on my DeviantART account (MasterAvalon), but I finally decided to compile them here as well This fake card set is called Neo World, but in a way it is just a collection of Promos, since I make the cards as I complete the art (which is done how I feel like), and they are numbered how Promos are numbered in each era, so none of them are in type or Evolution order. In this Neo World set, several concepts from different eras of the TCG come together; there will be Shining Pokemon, Crystal Types, Delta Species, GXs, Tag Teams, VMAXs, and probably whatever mechanics that future card eras create. However, replacing regular Pokemon ex/LV. X/EX/V will be Pokemon-NEO; these cards keep the 2 prize rule from ex/EX/GX/V, but they can also use attacks from any of their previous stages. The majority of Pokemon-NEO will be Evolved Pokemon but there are some exceptions, like a Lugia-NEO that has an Ability that involves evolving from Articuno, Zapdos, or Moltres. The biggest addition on my card templates is what I call Categories, which appear above the info box in the bottom right. Inspired by the Ultra Beast classification in the Sun & Moon era, these give additional information on what kind of Pokemon is on the card, for use with cards that target certain Pokemon. Starter, Fossil, Eeveelution, Pseudo-L (Pseudo-Legendary), Legendary, Mythical, Baby, and Ultra Beast are all examples of Categories that can appear on these cards. This is an idea that I think would be really cool to see on real cards in the future~ There will be a wide variety of eras represented with my cards, but the wording for the Abilities/Attacks will always reflect the newest updates in the modern TCG, in order to keep the language unified and the cards as neat as possible. For example, even cards such as GXs will implement the "Rule Box" phrase that the SWSH Battle Styles set introduced. As for balancing the power of Abilities/Attacks, cards that are specific to certain eras, such as Crystal Types, Delta Species, and Dark/Light Pokemon, will try to conform to that era's power levels as best as possible. For example, a Light Umbreon I have planned will be similar in power to the existing Dark Espeon from Neo Destiny, while a Dark Gallade will be based off the Dark Pokemon from EX Team Rocket Returns. Anyway, enough explaining; enjoy the cards~ (Note: I am not taking spoiler or art submissions. I may make the blanks available at some point once I have them done for every type, but for now I'm just making them as the artwork is done.) FINISHED CARDS: 001 - Shining Mew Spoiler *Reprint of Shining Mew from Corocoro Comics, which is my favorite card of all time. Art edited from my Mew piece for the 20th Anniversary in February 2016. FULL ILLUSTRATION: https://www.deviantart.com/masteravalon/art/Mew-Pokemon-20th-Anniversary-593413968 002 - Mega Absol-GX Spoiler *Art done for my friend Kaityn's birthday in July 2019. FULL ILLUSTRATION: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/32423604/ 003 - Cinderace-NEO Spoiler *Art done in January 2020. This design is a fusion of Cinderace and King Kazma from Summer Wars, with its Ability name referencing a location in the movie. FULL ILLUSTRATION: https://www.deviantart.com/masteravalon/art/CINDERACE-x-KING-KAZMA-828886977 004 - Froslass-GX Spoiler *Art done for my friend Kaityn's birthday in July 2020. FULL ILLUSTRATION: https://www.deviantart.com/masteravalon/art/Frozen-Invitation-849838221 005 - Lugia-NEO Spoiler *Art done for Gold & Silver's 20th Anniversary in December 2020.FULL ILLUSTRATION: https://www.deviantart.com/masteravalon/art/Silver-Genesis-Pokemon-GS-20th-Anniversary-865780594 PLANNED CARDS: 000 Ho-Oh-NEO 000 Dragapult-NEO 000 MegaGallade&Sirfetch’d-GX 000 Silvally-NEO 000 Rotom&Zeraora-GX 000 Ampharos (Crystal Type) 000 Shining Hydreigon 000 Shining Lunala 000 Aegislash (Delta Species) 000 Celesteela&Kartana-GX 000 Alolan Dugtrio-GX 000 Deoxys-GX (Normal) 000 Deoxys-GX (Attack) 000 Deoxys-GX (Defense) 000 Deoxys-GX (Speed) 000 Shining Silvally 000 Mew-GX 000 Typhlosion-NEO 000 Cinderace-VMAX 000 UltraNecrozma&Solgaelo&Lunala-GX 000 Deoxys (Full Art) 000 Light Umbreon 000 Unown-GX 000 Toxtricity-NEO 000 Elesa’s Luxray 000 Clair’s Kingdra 000 Jasmine’s Steelix 000 Alolan Raichu-GX 000 Eternatus (Full Art) 000 Victini&Incineroar-GX 000 Shining Lucario 000 Shining Aggron 000 Shining Zeraora 000 Dark Gallade 000 Dark Togekiss 000 Dark Magnezone CREDITS: Card Body Texture: [link] Ripple Holosheet by icycatelf: [link] Galaxy Holosheet by @aschefield101: [link] Neo 3 Shining Holosheet by icycatelf: [link]
Updated with Froslass-GX <3 Spoiler *Art done for my friend Kaityn's birthday in July 2020. FULL ILLUSTRATION: https://www.deviantart.com/masteravalon/art/Frozen-Invitation-849838221
Updated with Lugia-NEO <3 Spoiler *Art done for Gold & Silver's 20th Anniversary in December 2020. FULL ILLUSTRATION: https://www.deviantart.com/masteravalon/art/Silver-Genesis-Pokemon-GS-20th-Anniversary-865780594
This is a very neat collection @MasterGallade! I love the thought that you've put into designing this set and its mechanics, and how you've even go as far as making your own blanks. What was the inspiration behind the "neo" logo? I'm intrigued by the mechanic (it's so simple but opens up plenty of interesting design opportunities!), but logo design takes the cake for me.
Thanks so much so the Neo era of the TCG is my favorite (just as GSC are my favorite games in the series), and the Neo logo is directly from the logo used on Japanese pack and box arts, as well as some promo material <3 as seen here: