Hello everyone! In light of some of the more heavier and serious conversations and discussions on the forums lately, I figured I might as well start up a thread I’ve thought of doing before.
So, that being said. This is where we talk about cards that we think should have been holographic, but weren’t. Or maybe they only had a Reverse Holo pattern, but never a full or in-box holo.
My submission is going to be this:
Bandit Ring Volcarona. At the very least, English edition has a Reverse Holo, but I still think this should have been given a full holo pattern. Look at those colors! D:
Was going to mention Umbreon/Espeon gold stars and also the neo 2 & 3 English cards that were holo in Japanese: Aerodactyl, Beedrill, Butterfree, Starmie & Kingdra, but as @theconomist says, perhaps the reason I think they’re so nice is because I knew them as non-holo’s first.
I’ve wished tpci would care about the weighing especially in stores. No wonder my childhood was so holo-less. I am all for them putting “holo” code cards in the packs with non holos. They wouldn’t care enough to offset the added cost though.
I’ve always thought that base set Beedrill would have looked nice with that green effect as a holo. I’ll have a think as I know I have thought this about many non holos!
A couple of the nicest cards in the EX Series weren’t holo in their sets. You could get holo versions in theme decks (and trust me, they’re worth it) but those theme decks are relatively hard to come by sealed.
Some notable ones:
And also this POP 5 beauty…quite the consolation prize if you didn’t pull a gold star. I’m quickly realizing it’s quite hard to make Ho-Oh look bad in a card.
It is difficult to improve on such a beautiful illustration. I literally stopped scrolling on this dragonair while reading this thread. It would be nice to have both a holo & non-holo variant.
