Cards that made you appreciate a pokemon

Sometimes the art of a card gives me a new perspective on a pokemon. This new perspective also makes me appreciate that pokemon more in general.

This Quilava from ex sandstorm may have made it my favorite in the Cyndaquil line:

What cards have given you a new perspective of a pokemon?

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Four cards that come to mind:

The Swablu is just the cutest artwork in the TCG imo. This is my second favorite TCG artwork after the Moltres WotC #21 promo. Swablu actually has some pretty solid artworks, but I never really looked closely to them until I saw this one, and the Pokémon itself has grown on me as well.

The dark blue Sharpedo artwork, even more complimented by the Dark/Water duo-Type, has always been one of my favorite pulls as a kid. I don’t like the Pokémon itself too much, especially in the anime. It’s basically a regular shark cut in halve. But this artwork in particular looks amazing for sure, and although I like the Pokémon less now than before, it was among my favorites as a kid after I pulled this card.

I also really like both this Kingler and Sudowoodo artwork. I actually once (very briefly) considered collecting Sudowoodo simply because of this artwork (happy I never did, since I already have trouble keeping up with my other collection goals). And although I’ve always liked Kingler in both the anime and as cards, this artwork is for some reason also among my favorites. Can’t exactly explain why, since there isn’t too much going on, but the pose and holofoil just fits.

All four of these cards definitely raised these Pokémon significantly in my personal rankings once I saw them.

Greetz,
Quuador

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I really get what you mean with that Kingler.
Also, that was a cool little story about the Sharpedo! It’s always nice to read about people having a connection to cards that generally get overlooked.

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I know it looks like a meme, but I honestly love slowpoke solely because of this gem of an artwork. Basically just one day back in high school, my friends and I were looking through cards, and for some reason, this one caught our eye and made us laugh way too hard at the thought of someone deciding to draw such a simplistic thing and the fact that it is now a famous artwork. Not to mention the fact that slowpoke, a water pokemon, is in the middle of a field with zero water in sight. Definitely something a derp pokemon would do. But I genuinely love slowpoke now because of it. I don’t collect his cards in particular, but the ones I like, I get a bunch of. Playmat, and McDonalds 2002 to be specific. maybe someday I’ll do a slowpoke collection, but I’ve gotta do a pidgey one first it seems haha!

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I strongly dislike the genie trio. However, this full art has slightly warmed me up to Tornadus

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I always liked the Cubone-Marowak evolution. Cubone has received some great WOTC art (Jungle, Expedition, Aquapolis) but Marowak seemed to lag behind a bit. This changed with TRR:

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I love how they blended the tail into looking like an erupting volcano with his tail looking like flowing lava. Charmander looks so stoked on it, and the more realistic drawing of the trees makes me love this artwork.

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Prince Goro’s first appearance in the TCG:

AT. :blush:

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This very wholesome Girafarig card :heart_eyes:

gf

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Pikachu is…Pikachu. Always viewed him a the “buddy” pokemon; he’s always got your back and has moments where he can be tough, but nothing too crazy. This artwork made me go “Damn, Pikachu’s kind of a bad ass” for the first time.

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Furret

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I have never been a fan of Crobat but Dark Crobat did make me reconsider some.

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Holy crap! That’s awesome! You really opened my eyes to that artwork! The foil on the fire is also a nice tough to make it look more explosive!

This one really made me sit up and notice Reshiram properly for the first time. The medieval drawing style of art has major Ancient Mew vibes and really helps to drive home the idea of Reshiram as this ancient creature from Unova folklore. The inclusion of the Light Stone in the top left of the artwork also helps sell the feeling that this drawing is telling a story of the legendary fire dragon.

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