I’ve always tried to convince myself to love Lugia but I just can’t. Collected all the cards and they just ended up leaving the collection because I don’t think the artworks are that great to be honest. I prefer Ho-Oh between the two big birds and think the Neo Ho-Oh art is far better than the Lugia. I’m gonna be honest, I actually don’t like the Lugia rookie artwork much at all. But we all have our preferences and that’s what makes Pokemon so great to collect. I’m just not a collector that gets persuaded to collect the “they are notorious for print lines” cards just because they are harder to grade.
You definitely have a valid point . For me Ho-oh just looks like a giant colorful chicken or rooster. Not that I have thing against roosters or chickens but between that and Lugia i pick lugia every day. Although I must admit the shining legends artwork and skyridge of Ho-oh is fantastic. Especially shining legends with the sun and the shining combo, it’s brilliant.
just found a raw nm one for 200$. Might grade it as itll get a 7 but idk if anyone really cares about that. Maybe itll be like charizard where all grades matter but who knows it isnt there yet