*17 September 2023 - added final card to Pokemon 151 section (considered complete), new cards in collection + reorganizing sections and added Fire type section
*28 July 2023 - placed 151 set images at slideshow format, thanks to @muk for the tutorial! 26 July 2023 - new cards in collection, new Pokemon 151 section 10 April 2023 - new cards in collection, reorg of certain cards to new sections
Hello all! Mada0 here, was inspired by many other collectors who have created threads to showcase their collections and finally sitting down to do my own! I am a binder kinda guy, and focus purely on JP cards. I like shiny holo things and have a particular love for eye-catching artwork, so that is the makeup of my collection! I’ll update this post as my collection grows, thank you in advance for viewing!
Feel free to leave a comment if you have questions or want to chat about anything! If you are interested, here is my technical catalogue for my collection, and there’s also some statistical breakdowns if you are into that kinda stuff .
^This card reminds me of the Gengar in this picture book that I have called ピカチュウと よるのたんけん (Pikachu’s Night-time Exploration), it’s incredibly cute. Book is illustrated by まつおりかこ (Matsuo Rikako)
^I was very sad when initially this artwork was on a EN card and had no JP release at the time. Luckily I didn’t get one and it eventually released in VStar Universe!
Bonuses
I know these are Tag teams with Mimikyu (another favourite pokemon), but hey it still has Gengar.
I actually like the Hoenn starters best, and so it began with wanting a Sceptile holo, then I went okay, I like Blaziken too, then I might as well have Swampert. Then if I have those I guess I’ll get the Kanto ones…and yea you get the drift.
^This was from the artbook, I wanted to sell it off mint in wrapper at first but was being lowballed all the time so I broke it open and its now in my album forever.
This part of the collection began when I saw ポケモン育て屋夫婦 (Pokemon Day Care Couple House). Then I set out to get as many cards that had similar slice-of-life artwork as possible!
^The finish on these Legend cards is quite stunning. Lot’s of foil on this pair! Ironically it is so bright in person it obscures the cosmos which you see here.
That’s a fantastic collection! I’ve always been more of a Haunter guy, but Gengar is absolutely blessed with great artworks! I also really like your presentation
I rarely purchase cards just because I want to complete the evolution, so most of them are just coincidentally “complete” in that sense - some are not but I am okay with it haha. I have my own canon for which card evolves to which, so they are displayed in that order! I’ll describe some of them but leave some to your imagination for the pairings . As of the September update I have also moved most cards over to the various type sections! For now only keeping evolution lines which have type changes across the line.
I just felt like the artworks for Rotom and its forms told a very interesting story, PLUS it happened that the holo finishes match for most of them. So I have collected as 2 sets by mixing cards.
^I just love this artwork so much, the Haunter looks so mischevious! It also really reminds me of this old mascot that used to appear on some candy…if I remember it I will edit this!
Most of this category started off from me chasing the old school cosmo holo cards - there just happens to be more electric types that had such amazing artwork!
^I did not know this card was textured until I got it, so that was a big bonus! I do like the design of Charjabug so definitely was a successful chase for me.
^Newly acquired in September 2023, I think it looks as mischevious as the Dark Raichu so it’s the perfect pair. Also, it has an Orion’s belt (credits to the term by @xileets) lined up on the left and mini-orb in the paw as well, matches the Dark Raichu!
^Yes, I wanted Dark Raichu, and luckily it also has a conveniently placed orb. I like to think that the happy Pikachu above evolved and just became somewhat mischevious. It definitely was mischevious all along!
^I took a long time to decide which Pikachu to pair with the Raichu I wanted below. I contemplated on getting one by Atsuko Nishida but the only artwork I like was the Summer Vacation promo which is well…not the easiest to get. So I decided to go against the norm and pick another artist, relatively uncommon, and chose this! I like how it’s enjoying the berries so it’s a really happy card. Now I have another pikachu, headcanon is this happy one evolved into the Aiolian Raichu…
^This duo is somewhat iconic to me at this point, and while I didn’t buy the card cause it just came in a pack, I kept it cause it’s still dynamic and interesting.
^The moment I saw the announcement for this artwork winning runner-up and getting a card I HAD to get it. I hope Taiga illustrates more cards in future!
^Actually at this point you might notice I have quite a few cards which have this slice-of-life theme going on, I really like it a lot. Side note, I contemplated on the Machamp for a long time - you know which one, but decided against it.
^I wanted this card first, the holo is just so unique! Then I found there was a cosmos holo Froslass as well, and I chanced upon the cute Komiya artwork Snorunt so I just caved and bought the Pokekyun Snorunt to round off 2 evo pairs.
^At first I didn’t really like Absol, thinking it was just an edgy pokemon since it was tagged “Disaster type”. Then I realised it’s called that because it protects others from impending disaster that it senses and so I was like that’s really neat. In this art it looks so stoic and watchful, as if it senses an avalanche that is about to occur. Of course, the holo gives a snowy effect, perfect!
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. As of the September update I have also moved most cards over to the various type sections! For now only keeping evolution lines which have type changes across the line.
