Looks like the Cosmo Holo foil borders will be returning with Scarlet and Violet promos, as seen in these 3 pack blisters. What are your thoughts on the return of this Holo foil?
Love this holo but it feels a bit weird to be on anything other than a high end card. Maybe I’m just conditioned from old school EX cards though
I like how they are really leaning in to the ex era style with Scarlet/Violet. I think this could ever so slightly increases the odds of getting some ex era cards reprinted or reimagined.
I’m so happy to see these back in any iteration of a card! I have been dying for this border to come back. Can’t wait to see them in the wild.
This is outstanding news! These were one of if not my favorite part of original ex(which is my favorite card type) and lv. x. Looking forward to seeing the cards that receive this treatment!
It’s exciting, this is the type of change that would make me pick up English Modern vs Japanese moving forward
Pretty happy they’re bringing this style of card back in gen 9. The holo borders are a big part of why the old school exs are my favourite cards.
Stamped reverse holos coming soon???
Wow, that Arcanine does actually look really nice. Reminds me a lot more of HGSS era than EX era, though. The art style is great, but very different from the original exs.
damn i won’t have to bust out the good 'ol nail polish remover for my signed cards x).
Reminiscent of Call of Legends SLs
This is wonderful news. ex > everything
Wow, this is exciting! If only they had the original WoTC foil pattern.
If reverse holo cosmos cards show up I might have to fill a binder of them…
LOVE this and is another opportunity for some really awesome budget collecting. Pokémon killing it with that lately.
Praying for an Arcanine EX alt this gen… my big boofer collection has been quiet for a while
It doesn’t look like the original “pixel galaxy” foil from the older cards. It looks like the “modern galaxy” foil from modern promos. Still looks great. But the original is so much better/more 3D.
Speaking of which, it is interesting to see this pattern so often referred to as “galaxy”, since I think the actual name is Cosmos. And the original English star pattern is actually called Galaxy. I know in one of Gem Mint’s recent videos, he referred to the original English star pattern as Galaxy. People seem to have many different nicknames for them all though. (Starry, Stars Abound, The Classic Stars, etc.)
I think you are correct, I was going off the pokebeach article without giving it much thought so I’ll update the OP. Iirc, Base set through fossil are all the galaxy/star holo pattern and then it switched to cosmo with Team Rocket. From my experience those are the most common terms for describing those holo patterns. In any case I think they are all fan made terms… Unless WOTC/Nintendo had actual names for the holo patterns? Who knows. (I’m sure there are old threads on this very forum with that info)
Agreed with @sircharleszard and you that the original foil pattern is galaxy/stars and the later foil pattern is cosmos.
Ironically, WoTC has called their new cosmos holo lands “Galaxy Lands,” so it seems that the terminology is constantly changing.
I would cry. But not like Holon Phantoms or CG, like FRLG!