It looks like they are stuck in a box... Or case... Or a PSA case.... As if to predict this card will be popular enough to get mass amounts of PSA submissions... popular enough to blow up pop numbers & price magins.... Pay Day... Team Rocket casino making big bucks while they still feel the pulse of th audience...
I really like your posts because you put a lot of thought and consideration into these things. Having said this, it reminds me of the thought and effort that fans put into tracking the series chronology/timeline. Yeah, GameFreak presumably has a series bible and has put some effort towards a coherent timeline and minimal continuity errors, but they've been cropping up more often lately and seems to have culminated with the introduction of Ultra Space/multiple timelines and universes, so any future continuity errors can be handwaved as being a different continuity. Fans are bending themselves over trying to figure out something no one paid to figure these things out is actually putting an iota as much effort into. It's not surprising there, but it is sort of surprising here that TPCi/whoever's running the TCG isn't putting the level of effort into representation of Pokemon across block expansions as you are. It's really not difficult, the Excel spreadsheets you've thrown together are not too difficult to keep track of especially if you end up being the one actually making all the cards. It's so weird they don't do this!?!
Eh, the regular art's better IMO. I feel like the full art should've been somewhat fourth-wall breaking and have at least James' face squished against the art window. Would've fit the artstyle better.
I mean, I'm just one well-meaning idiot who asks themselves a question like "Has every video game move appeared in the TCG?" (I'm still researching this to update my Google doc, but I'm fairly certain of the answer: no) or "Have we had a Fighting-type Corsola card yet?" (also no!) and then commits fully to the hours and hours of busywork and fact checking required to answer said question. There's probably a hundred different reasons they make the choices they do in the TCG, especially when there's so many different factors to consider. Monetary, artistic, playability, marketing, people with clipboards making mandates, whatever. They can do better, but I'm sure it's not easy.
James' face isn't pressed up against the wall, but Jessie is using the card border to support herself
While I agree with you that it is a bit random for them to have 2 of each basic in every 3-staged line (in the main set anyways), I don't think it's very fair to complain that random Gen 7 Pokemon are in the sets. This is the Gen 7 TCG after all, and considering this was both Alolan Persian & Toucannon's 2nd appearance (only after the SM base set) (and Blacephalon's first appearance), I think it's fair to have them in the set, considering they're "only" taking up 12/95 cards. I like what @crystal_pidgeot says about the sets theme. Take the Lost Thunder example, while the set includes Pokemon from Alola, they still are in theme (to me at least), with Toucannon flying over Mount Silver and Alolan Persian being in (possibly) Alph Ruins or something similar. That is also why I'm not really that excited for this set tbh. Yes, the art looks good, but I just think the Pokemon featured are just put together randomly. I'd rather have the main focus being on birds/Flying-types (could've had Tornadus Therian GX instead of Keldeo and maybe Archeops/Braviary instead of Naganadel), and then have a few Alola Pokemon (like Bounsweet, Fomantis etc.) on the side
Well, I guess I better make a collection page in my binder for this, Red, and Brock. Anyone know if they plan in doing another Full Art Misty? It would be awesome to have the whole gang together.
Love the artstyle and the goofines - would love it if TPC hired this artist to do more FAs in the future.
I wouldn't say Jessie's supporting herself on the card border. Looks more like she's about to slap James or something. And I know James isn't pressed up against the wall. What I'm saying is that the card art would have worked better if his face was being squashed on the "front" of the card. That being said, the more I look at the art, the less I know what exactly I'm looking at. Their expressions are so indistinct.
Yeah, although I don't think they captured the look of James on the 'reality' card good enough. Should have been more awkward.
I knew you that's what you meant about James, I apologise for wording it poorly. I do agree about Jessie though.
Yeah, this artist is amazing. He also did Copycat FA from Celestial Storm. I'm not sure if he's done any more though.
Surprised jessies underboob isn't pressed against the screen with how they have the girls looking lately
