E4's Favorite Latias / Latios (Closed)

[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.

For this polling in particular, cards that were released in the same set will be pictured side-by-side, but each will still have its own option to select.

Results will be grouped together on this page, but I will give each their own top 10 in the archive

Note: Most of these images are pulled from quick google searches, eBay, 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.

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Results

• note: the newest Latias was added late which may have slightly hurt its results

70th - 0 Votes:

68/69th - 1 Vote:

64-67th - 2 Votes:

59th-63rd - 3 Votes:

54-58th - 4 Votes:

53rd - 5 Votes:

48th-52nd - 6 Votes:

47th - 7 Votes:

45/46th - 8 Votes:

43rd/44th - 9 Votes:

42nd - 10 Votes:

41st - 11 Votes:

38-40th - 12 Votes:

37th - 13 Votes:

35/36th - 14 Votes:

33rd/34th - 15 Votes:

Top 32:

32nd - 16 Votes:

31st - 18 Votes:

30th - 19 Votes:

28/29th - 20 Votes:

27th - 22 Votes:

26th - 23 Votes:

24/25th - 25 Votes:

22nd/23rd - 27 Votes:

21st - 30 Votes:

20th - 31 Votes:

19th - 32 Votes:

17/18th - 33 Votes:

Top 16

14-16th - 36 Votes:

• 13th - 37 Votes:

• 12th - 38 Votes:

• 10/11th - 42 Votes:

• 9th - 49 Votes:

Top 8

• 8th - 50 Votes:
  

  

• 7th - 51 Votes:
  

  

• 6th - 52 Votes:
  

  

• 5th - 60 Votes:
  

  

• 4th - 64 Votes:
  

  

• 3rd_place_medal: 3rd - 68 Votes:
  

  

2nd - 72 Votes:

1st - 99 Votes:

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Polls

e-Series

• 2002 Alto Mare’s Latias - Movie Vs Deck

• 2002 Alto Mare’s Latios - Movie Vs Deck

• 2002 Jumbo - Movie J-Promo

ADV-PCG/EX

• 2003 Latias - ADV-P

• 2003 Latios - ADV-P

• 2003 Latias ex - Salamence Deck/EX Dragon

• 2003 Latios ex - Flygon Deck/EX Dragon

• 2003 Latias ex AA - Gift Box

• 2003 Latios ex AA - Gift Box

• 2004 Latias - EX Trainer Kit/PCG-P

• 2004 Latios - EX Trainer Kit/PCG-P

• 2005 Latias Gold Star

• 2005 Latios Gold Star

• 2005 Latias - PokePark Forest

• 2005 Latios - PokePark Forest

• 2005 Latios - PokePark Forest AA - Gondala Cruise

• 2005 Latias Lightning δ

• 2005 Latios Lightning δ

• 2006 Latias Fire δ (Holo)

• 2006 Latios Water δ (Holo)

• 2006 Latias Fire δ - PCG-P/EX Holon Phantoms (Non-Holo)

• 2006 Latios Water δ - PCG-P/EX Holon Phantoms (Non-Holo)

• 2006 Latias ex Fire δ

• 2006 Latios ex Water δ

DPt

• 2007 Alto Mare’s Latias - 10th Movie

• 2007 Alto Mare’s Latios - 10th Movie

• 2007 Latias - DP4

• 2007 Latios - DP4

• 2007 Latias - DP4 AA - Magmortar Deck/POP 7

• 2007 Latios - DP4 AA - Electivire Deck/POP 7

L/HGSS

• 2010 Latias - L/HGSS Promo

• 2010 Latios - L/HGSS Promo

BW

• 2012 Latias - Dragon Selection/Vault

• 2012 Latios - Dragon Selection/Vault

• 2012 Latias BW EX

• 2012 Latios BW EX

• 2012 Latias BW EX SR

• 2012 Latios BW EX SR

XY

• 2015 Latios XY EX

• 2015 Latios XY EX SR

• 2015 M Latios EX

• 2015 M Latios EX SR

• 2015 Latias XY-P - Hoopa’s Appearance Campaign/XY Trainer Kit

• 2015 Latios XY-P - Hoopa’s Appearance Campaign/XY Trainer Kit

• 2015 Latios - M Latios Collection/University Festival Pokemon Circles Participation

• 2015 Latias - CP2

• 2015 Latios - CP2

• 2015 Latios XY EX AA - Tin Promo/CP5

SM

• 2017 Latios - Shining Legends

• 2017 Latias - SM-P

• 2017 Latios - SM-P (Shining Legends AA)

• 2018 Latias Prism Star

• 2018 Latios Prism Star

• 2018 Latias - Gym/Pin Collection Promo

• 2018 Latios - Gym/Pin Collection Promo

• 2018 Tag Team GX RR

• 2018 Tag Team GX SR

• 2018 Tag Team GX SR SA

• 2018 Tag Team GX HR

• 2019 Latias - sm10a/Unified Minds

• 2019 Latios GX RR

• 2019 Latios GX SR

• 2019 Latios GX HR

SwSh

• 2021 Latias - s8/Fusion Strike

• 2021 Latios - s8/Fusion Strike

• 2021 Latias - Fusion Strike Prerelease AA/s12a

• 2022 Latias AR

SV

• 2023 Latios - sv4K/Paradox Rift

• 2023 Latias - CoroCoro/(likely blister promo for Temporal Forces)

• 2024 Latias - svHM Miraidon ex Starter Deck

[ShinPorygon]

Hard to top this honestly.

Amazing background artwork and differing pov.
Newer gen pokemon in prev gen card layout is just

[inertgeometry]

@ShinPorygon

Newer gen pokemon in prev gen card layout is just

yeah i really wish they would do this more. it’s such a cool idea that leads to unique crossovers between generations.

[ShinPorygon]

And they couldn’t have picked a better pokemon pair for this. Latias and Latios are one of the best designed pokemon imo.

[mossdeep]

this pair has so much great art, but alto mare is a lock unless you’re sick of seeing it

[cyberurchin]

That’s my thought exactly too

[inertgeometry]

i just want to reiterate that each card has its own option to vote. I have a hard time believing so many more people prefer one of these over the other by this ratio.

there is no third option to vote for the overall concept. if you like the pairing, vote for both. you couldn’t have the pair with just one

[Soda_Eesti]

As an exclusively wotc and wotc adjacent collector, you may think i enjoy stock art as card art, but i absolutely hate it. SM Promos are my faves. I own them, and they are my babies. I love them.

[bk2021]

I always appreciate an Arita but besides the Alto Mare pair to start with, the rest of his work for these 2 haven’t been very good. Maybe it’s just the Pokemon don’t match with his style? Unsure. I do like the chibi duo. Too bad the Latias wasn’t holo and both weren’t cosmos.

[thsigma]

its the greatest

[tcgmaine]

Normally I vote for everything I like, but in this case I feel so strongly that the VS cards are head and shoulders above everything else. As such I refuse to place additional votes. Sorry for limiting the data on several other good cards.

[azulryu]

Is it me or do a lot of the cards just look… Generic? I feel like they’ve been done dirty in the majority of these.

[inertgeometry]

yeah a lot of them feel lacking in character

[c0ll3ct0r]

Alto Mare Latias has the same problem as Aquapolis Umbreon, everything is perfect except the face. The Latios is great though, probably the best card here.

[UKLugia]

The EX Dragon pair are not top tier art but they definitely look a LOT better as the holos we got. Didn’t even know about the ones that came afterwards with different artwork (like I needed anything else on my wants list )

[thymeee]

Great pokemon and great art. I really enjoy seeing most of them. I guess I just like the design

[joponnes]

I agree with this, i was surprised about how few votes i placed. Even a lot of the older ones look somewhat plain. The biggest strength they have definitely is the pairing that’s possible with their cards, alto mare’s original cards are the best example of this and can’t be topped, i don’t see a world existing where they aren’t placed at the absolute top in this voting

[jaxlax21]

Surprised that even though I like Latios as a Pokemon more, Latias has far better cards.

[inertgeometry]

i think one issue with these two is that there hasn’t been much innovation on their portrayal.

Latias ruffles its feathers and cries loudly when there is hostility toward it.

[Latias]'s glass-like, downy feathers can enfold its body and refract light, which allows it to become invisible or alter its appearance.

Latios has the ability to make others see an image of what it has seen or imagines in its head.

A highly intelligent Pokémon. By folding back [Latios]'s wings in flight, it can overtake jet planes.

I’d love to see some art where they’re shifting in and out of visibility

or maybe a character art of someone having some crazy vision with the one of the twins behind them, although this example would be way more difficult to portray lol. you could do it with their field of view having something completely different overlayed, placed by either Lati for example.

also, i know we’ve had some art of Latios seemingly flying fast, nothing feels like it is flying faster than a jet

[c0ll3ct0r]

Yet another Delta card that would’ve looked utterly sick with cosmos, it’s like Latios is inside the Stadium 2 Psywave animation.