New Charizard Set - Ruler of the Black Flame

[mrbubbles]

C’mon buddy, I don’t know about English but both the promos are some of the better looking Japanese Charizard cards.

Cheers!

[trainerjack]

May be with you on the new FA/Gold. It is really rough looking

[xileets]

Even if the work is unappealing to me, I’d rather have stylized art than sterile computer graphics. UNLESS it’s angular low-polygon 90s computer graphics from the gen 1 sets. Maybe because they’re so early on? IDK why it feels good.

[Dyl]

@genchiro

[genchiro]

Perfect meme choice

[inertgeometry]

is this the old unpopular opinions thread?

[koala]

AR Gloom
illus. Masako Tomii
ft. Weedle x2

AR Larvitar
illus. Miki Tanaka

[koala]

AR Bellibolt
illus. KEIICHIRO ITO

That is all 12 AR, 4 SAR Pokémon ex and 2 SAR Supporters revealed

[nanp90]

from where do you think the Charmander AR Promo from the Obsidian Flames ETB will come from in Japan?? is not in Ruler of the Black flame right?

[koala]

I think it’s the SV3 promo that was supposed to be releasing during the World Championships 2023 in Yokohama but they announced it was cancelled.

[kpod]

I too am wondering if this is going to be a set card on the Japanese side, or what?

[inertgeometry]

they could always put it in the holiday set, although we assume the holiday set will focus on shinies and not special arts

[koala]

All 12 Art Rare slots are occupied, so the next thing to rely on is the High Class Pack (Shiny Treasure) when they reprint cards with special artworks. AR Charmander is the same Charmander from SV3

[pokebuffet]

This set is , Swarovki crystal crown charizard already selling more than Moonbreon’s current raw price!

[koala]

English Moonbreon* and not for long

[inertgeometry]

honestly surprised its even that high. if i had to guess, its like 90% people trying to rush it to grade

[pokebuffet]

Thanks for the specification!

[inertgeometry]

made this edit to illustrate what’s wrong with the eiscue SAR imo.

here’s the original for comparison

as a half art, i think it’s completely fine. as a full art, it is just such a waste of card space.

*edit: i should have done this in a fire type card frame, but oh well

[decoypalmette]

I agree. It’s a lackluster illustration of an already lackluster pokemon, but the empty space around is so off-putting, It’s kinda tolerable in a normal card frame.

[pokebuffet]

You have a point. It might as well be a c/uc card. Such underwhelming artwork.