E4's Favorite Ho-Oh (Results!)

[inertgeometry]

How this will work:

• cards are listed in chronological order based on first release
• each card will have a picture followed by the option to vote for it.
• vote for any card that you like.
• on Sunday at 12PM Pacific Time, the polls will automatically close. I will edit this post and title to count down from least to most voted, and we will see which cards are E4’s Favorite.

Note: Most of these images are pulled from quick google searches or bulbapedia if they had a large enough file. If you'd like me to replace an image, you're welcome to post it in the comments.

Results

Dishonorable Mentions

0 Votes

1 Vote

2 Votes

3 Votes

4 Votes

5 Votes

6 Votes

Honorable Mentions

22nd - 10 Votes

21st - 11 Votes

18-20th - 13 Votes

17th - 14 Votes

Top 16

16th - 17 Votes

14-15th - 22 Votes

13th - 28 Votes

12th - 29 Votes

11th - 37 Votes

10th - 40 Votes

9th - 41 Votes

Top 8

8th - 45 Votes

7th - 49 Votes

6th - 52 Votes

5th - 55 Votes

Top 4

4th - 58 Votes

3rd - 59 Votes

Finalists

2nd - 82 Votes

1st - 83 Votes

Polls

Neo

• 2000 - Cameo - Lucky Stadium (Kansai Region)

• 2000 - Neo 3/Revelation (Holo)

• 2000 - Neo File 3/Revelation (Non-Holo)

• 2001 - Cameo - Neo Summer Road No1-3 Trainer

e-Series

• 2001 - Cameo - Summer 2001 Fan Club Jumbo

• 2001 - CoroCoro/2002 NY Pokemon Center

• 2002 - Crystal

ADV/PCG/EX

• 2005 - PokePark Blue/Unseen Forces

• 2005 - Golden Sky Silvery Ocean/Unseen Forces ex

• 2005 - CoroCoro/POP 3 ex AA

• 2006 - PLAY ex

• 2006 - Meiji Cholocalte/POP 5

DPt

• 2007 - DP3/Secret Wonders

L/HGSS

• 2009 - LEGEND

• 2010 - LEGEND Series Purchase Lottery/CoL (Shiny)

• 2010 - Japan World Championship Qualifier/HGSS Poster Pack/Knock Out Collection

• 2010 - Illusion’s Zoroark (3rd Grade Winner)

• 2010 - Illusion’s Zoroark (4th Grade Winner)

• 2010 - Illusion’s Zoroark (CoroCoro Winner)

• 2010 - Illusion’s Zoroark (CoroCoro Ichiban! Winner)

• 2011 - Call of Legends (Holo)

BW

• 2012 - BW EX

• 2012 - BW EX SR (Full Art)

XY

• 2016 - XY EX

• 2016 - XY EX SR (Full Art)

• 2016 - XY-P

• 2016 - XY-P BREAK

SM

• 2017 - GX

• 2017 - GX SR (Full Art)

• 2017 - GX HR (Rainbow)

• 2017 - Shining

• 2017 - GX - Mystery Powers Tin AA Promo

• 2018 - GX SSR (Shiny)

SWSH

• 2021 - 25th Anniversary

• 2022 - V

• 2022 - V SR (Full Art)

SV

• 2023 - SV ex

[inertgeometry]

I went ahead and included the Illusion’s Zoroark winners for the memes.

Going forward, I likely won’t include these or any other cameos unless it is a significant enough cameo where it is generally considered a card for that pokemon (like the Summer 2001 Fan Club Jumbo in this poll).

[ddk]

Ho-oh finally!

Definitely a Pokemon that peaked early (Neo Rev & Skyridge are king) with a couple niche promo/prize cards throughout. Early depictions of Ho-oh did its legendary status justice whereas a lot of later cards just make it look like some generic red bird. The Silver Tempest V is a nice return to form at least.

[Dyl]

Can we add the holo bleed Neo Revelation English print? It’s definitely my favorite.

[Dyl]

I love Ho-Oh, but we need to move away from these shitty smooth/shiny CGI depictions. It’s a bird, not a balloon animal.

[Tyranids]

Preach.

As a fellow Ho-Oh enjoyer, lots of the modern artworks are far too smooth on this majestic beast. It should be a bit more raw and fiery, you know?

EDIT: Also all Ho-Oh cards should have a move Sacred Fire. C’mon now.

[Dyl]

Agreed! Ho-Oh’s been done dirty. Pokemon has created some great artwork for birds, but Ho-Oh is rarely one of them.

[ragingkraken]

Wow Ho-oh has so little that I’d consider pretty good. I guess it’s hard to make a flying chicken look cool. Shame, because I loved Ho-oh so much when I played Gold as a kid. The 3D modern art I feel does it especially dirty. So much of it just looks so generic.

[ReganRampage]

Idk the more i look at him the less i like him. Maybe its just the artworks but i agree with @ragingkraken about making a flying chicken look cool.

[c0ll3ct0r]

Absolutely dismal lineup for such a cool Pokemon. Begins and ends with Gen 2.

[wisewailmer]

Justice for ho oh

Stuff like this bothers me so much! Pokemon is about building cohesive sets to me. Gotta catch them all

[fourthstartcg]

Anyone who votes for Ho-Oh BREAK should be shot on sight

[ReganRampage]

Ha! Funnily enough I own 1 slab and it’s a ho oh break psa 7. It was a gift, so i love it.

[fourthstartcg]

The only acceptable reason for owning a Ho-Oh BREAK ngl

[lyleberr]

Whelp, im ded then. It may be overall dumb but it depicts the whole pokemon and makes me think of how cool a golden ho-oh trophy would be in real life. Shoot if you must but i wont take back my vote.

[inertgeometry]

similar to the lugia poll, i’m surprised the celebrations artwork isn’t liked by more people.

i’m far from a ho-oh fan, but nothing seems wrong with it here. the artwork is unique and stylized. it pairs with its counterpart. I just don’t get the apathy/distaste for it

[Will]

Am I the only person who doesn’t like neo 3 ho oh

[Dyl]

Yes

[thsigma]

haha yea who would do that haha

[joponnes]

It’s crazy how silver tempest regular V stands out compared to other modern arts. I did vote few other modern ones but they are really nothing compared to that one