30th Anniversary First Partner Illustration Collections (Series 1 March 30, 2026 | Series 2 June 19, 2026 | Series 3 August 7, 2026)

[lyleberr]

Was it known lugia had split feathers? Assuming the silver feather on totodile represents it

[koala]

Silver Feather - Bulbapedia

Anime

Gen 4

Gen 5

Pokopia

[lyleberr]

Thanks, ive apparently lived in a cave for many years.

[eeveeteam]

Did you survive all the Zubats from that cave?

[koala]

Tried to find as many references as possible, let me know if I missed any

Chikorita

Cyndaquil

Totodile

Snivy

Tepig

Oshawott

Grookey

Scorbunny

Sobble

[DarthEevee]

the gen 2 ones are beautiful what

[koala]

English versions for Series 2,

MEP046 Chikorita (illus. Saboteri)
MEP047 Cyndaquil (illus. Saboteri)
MEP048 Totodile (illus. Saboteri)

MEP049 Snivy (illus. Saboteri)
MEP050 Tepig (illus. Saboteri)
MEP051 Oshawott (illus. Saboteri)

MEP052 Grookey (illus. Saboteri)
MEP053 Scorbunny (illus. Saboteri)
MEP054 Sobble (illus. Saboteri)

[MattCollects64]

I need the Oshawott!

[hericendreenjoyer]

Cyndaquil looks awesome. I can’t wait to get my hands on like 100+ of them

[Parallax]

Oh great. Can’t wait to see absolutely none of the Gen 2 First Partner sets either when they all get insta sold out.

[koala]

Series 3 will release on August 7, 2026

• Gen 3, gen 6 and gen 9 starters

“First Partner Illustration Collection” Series 3 Revealed for August Featuring Hoenn, Kalos, and Paldea! - PokéBeach

[koala]

First Partner Illustration Collection Series 3

MEP055 Treecko (illus. Saboteri)
MEP056 Torchic (illus. Saboteri)
MEP057 Mudkip (illus. Saboteri)

MEP058 Chespin (illus. Saboteri)
MEP059 Fennekin (illus. Saboteri)
MEP060 Froakie (illus. Saboteri)

MEP061 Sprigatito (illus. Saboteri)
MEP062 Fuecoco (illus. Saboteri)
MEP063 Quaxly (illus. Saboteri)

[inertgeometry]

hey everyone, I went ahead and made a poll now that we’ve seen all of the cards

E4's Favorite 30th Anniversary First Partner Illustration Promo - Polls Close Sun June 14th

Preface Hey yall, I know it’s been far too long, but I thought in light of the 30th anniversary and those awesome First Partner Pokemon special arts promos that have been coming out, we could do another poll to see which ones we like most as well as which trio is the fav. Now that we know all of them, we can do some somewhat early impressions, and then maybe come back to this after a while to see if our opinions have changed. For this poll in particular, we’ll be doing a rating system, differen…