Im surprised you didnt send a frame too because that is just pure art.
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It’s on shikishi! They’re a little interesting to frame on short notice, but you can definitely just display as-is with the natural gold borders!
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Sorry, if people grade cards for sentiment and protection then this would get framed 
. Beautiful work!
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Haha I totally get it! Thank you for your kind words!
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Sorry everyone but I think I just won Secret Santa this year with the incredible mix of thoughtful gifts from DDK. From the Candy to the insane cards! Topped off with some unique sleeves, coster and plush. I couldnt have asked for a better gift! Thank you so much!
Also loved the Tag team Rotom and Diglet drawing and had to share haha
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Wow, that arrived super quickly! I just sent the package out yesterday afternoon.
Glad you enjoyed the gifts! It ended up being a lot of fun searching for weird and unique things I don’t normally collect. Pokémon Center Nagoya came through with the stocking stuffers and I was fortunate enough to stumble upon the Togepi miscut and inverted back.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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Y’all are slaying with these perfectly customized niche gifts and Louvre level artworks!
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Skibidi Rotom Toilet & Diglett GX.
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Wow! @DJGary knocked it out of the park!! This was such a wonderful and thoughtful gift!
He made both my girlfriend (she was very surprised to have anything in there!) and I custom booster packs with perfect cards we both love! She was very very grateful and wants me to say thank you so much for being so sweet and thoughtful!
First up are the cute cards she got. She loved every single one! Her favorites being the Emogla, Chansey, and the Eevee! Thank you for including her! She is super excited to put them all in her binder and organize them all
Next up we have my custom delta species packs! This brought back so much nostalgia from opening these cards as a kid! I love them all! This is the PERFECT start for a binder collection and I can’t wait to continue it! I absolutely love this pin as well! It’s so cool to have something from that era
Lastly I was shocked by this amazing carddass Dragonite! It’s something I’ve never seen in person before and it’s incredible! I can’t believe I haven’t considered buying it before. What a perfect gift! And to top it off I love the flygon art! You are a much better artist than I am! Thanks again for all the gifts, you really nailed it! Happy Holidays to you and your family!
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Did you get that togepi miscut from wenzel? 
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@bash2112 You guys are very welcome! I had a great time putting it together! Despite falling out of pokemon during the eseries era I happened to open some packs again during the delta species time so those sets are also nostalgic for me from this small pocket of time (I again stopped around the start of DP). Some of those delta cards were duplicates from the packs I opened back then.
I loved the flygon section of the desert map in the New Pokemon Snap game so I used my picture from that as my flygon reference.
Glad you both enjoyed and a very happy holidays to yall!
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Is wenzel a regional evolution of Sneasel?
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My secret Santa turned out to be santa himself, aka @Will . I appreciate the thoughtful gifts as I can tell you’ve been carefully paying attention to what I like.
The beach ball was a hit, as my dog loves to headbutt it when I toss it to him, made for a good laugh last night.
Just the other day we were talking about non-tcg items and it’s hilarious you sent me the 2012 (Year of the Dragon) clear file. Little did I know you were getting it for me lol. To my understanding, it has the most amount of dragon pokemon on one illustration, love the Gible freaking out on Rayquaza’s tail.
The Pokemon Card Info packet is such a hit as it comes with this awesome poster showing several gym leaders (+ Will) in VS, love this set and most importantly love Sugimori’s work. It also comes with Lapras, which I believe is the only VS set card available in unlimited.
Continuing my love for Gen. 2, the HGSS arc of Adventures is indeed a favorite of mine and where this photo Lance, Giovanni, & Pryce is from, it goes so hard:
From the Jolteon tin, my ES hit was Glaceon V lol 
. Can’t complain, as I got a few commons/uncommons I enjoy, plus the Jolteon.
Finally, your illustration is unparalleled, truly a masterpiece: the artwork tells of a compelling story where Gyarados is about to devour the innocent Zorua, while the Tyranitar pulls the iconic shining T-pose in the background. The emotion within is pure, I’ve never seen anything quite like this! Thanks again Will!
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Amazing gifts! Why hasnt this togepi been made a pfp yet?! The posters and art are amazing, nice job @Will
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So glad you liked everything! And that your dog got to be part of the fun lol
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And a huge thank you to @wisewailmer ! When I saw the return address on the package I knew I was in great hands flippers this year.
Dude, I really loved the singles - they all found comfy homes in my binder. My favs from
The lot are the garchomp and the Groupon. The 3D art is my jam and you’re right I don’t have a to of gen 4 so these were new to my binder ( :
But what I really loved most were the signed and sketched on cards. Your note mentioned some trepidation about how they came out but I assure you they are so sick. They fill out a nice row in my signature binder and I really can’t stop looking at em.
A merry merry merry Christmas to you my dude. Your posts are some of my absolute favs on the forum and are a big reason Ive popped back in here from my grass-touching sessions this year. I hope your holidays are treating you and your loved ones as well as you’ve treated me this year 
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Awesome! I was excited to get you this year. The drawings were my favorite part. If I knew how to draw I think the idea of drawing the evolution on the fossil card would have been crazy!
I think Aerodactyl came out the best of the 3
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My turn to brag about my secret Santa!
@pokemike22 nailed my gift.
First off, he got me some of my favourite modern Jirachi cards + the best togetic in years. That along with the awesome togepi drawing of course
And then on top of that got me some cards of some of my other favourites: Lucario Vstar and probably my favourite of what he gave: the slabbed Snorlax from rising rivals (one of my favourite Pokemon and sets of all time) and to top it off, got me a Rayquaza art roaring skies pack…now do I open it is the real question
Thanks so much for your generosity @pokemike22. It was a treat to open up!
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I was delighted at the receipt of two packages from my Secret Santa. I waited but opened them yesterday! I absolutely love the note I received from @kranz . It’s a festive card with my favorite Pokémon. I love colors/markers used as well. Very deep and colorful! Also I’m pretty sure the Butterfree is giving my bye bye looks I LOVE YOU BUTTERFREE!!
I received the following graded cards. Believe it or not I don’t own an unlimited fossil Zubat (embarassed) so thank you! Also, I received a Shadowless PSA 9 Squirtle. My goal for the next 4 years is to buy one Shadowless card per month. and Holy cow am I excited after owning this card. This card is gorgeous. I just stare at it. I literally walk into the room just to stare at this card. Squirtle was my starter, and in just is so vintage. Thank you so much.
I then received a plush of the Wingull and Butterfree. The Butterfree is too cute. I love the Wingull. It has those Sugimori eyes, and also has an awesome pose like its in flight.
I then received some cards from the Shiny Treasure Ex - A goal I have is to obtain all the shinies from Gen 1 through Gen 4 in this set. I always wait a year to buy the high class pack, so now I’m off to a great start. I also received the Wingul(Looks great) and I must say the Staryu and Starmie look awesome in shiny. Vileplume too. I also received a booster box! It was a blast to go open. You can see my shiny pulls leaning up against the box.
Last page is all about that Zubat. I received two cards from 1997 Cardass(so beautiful) and a pin from the Pokemon Center. My favorite thing about Zubat is the classic sillouhette, and this pin captures it perfectly. Much welcome additions to the Zubat collection! I believe the Zubat is doing supersonic and the Golbat is doing wing attack. Gotta love dat OG Sugimori art
Thank you very much @kranz for your thoughtful and delightful gifts!! I love them all!!!
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