Rework the Gold Stars

I think mine will echo a lot of what has alreadly been said, but its such a fun topic I wanted to make my own! I’ll give reasoning for my more out there picks:

EX Ruby Sapphire: Torchic, Mudkip, Treecko

EX Sandstorm: Armaldo, Cradily

EX Dragon: Latios, Latias

EX TMTA: Groudon, Kyogre

EX Hidden legends: Regi Trio

EX FRLG: Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise,

EX TRR: Mewtwo, Meowth

EX Deoxys: Deoxys(All forms)
-Though 4 were never in one set it just makes too much sense to not have them all here and imagine a complete set :heart_eyes:

EX Emerald: Rayquaza, Milotic, Seviper
-Rayquaza for obvious reasons, Milotic as the ace of Wallace who is the champion in emerald, and Seviper to represent the Battle Frontier an iconic addition to the game where the battle pike is shaped like a Seviper

EX Unseen Forces: Meganium, Typhlosion, Feraligatr

EX Delta Species: Porygon, Ditto, Metagross
-The Delta Species saga of sets has my favorite lore from the tcg and I wanted to reflect that through my GS choices. The lore behind the Delta Species(Holon Research Tower) set is that a group of scientist set up a big tower in a region known as Holon in an attempt to track down Mew. Once the machine is turned on it lets out these magnetic waves that begin to distort the Pokemon in the surrounding area thus making the delta species Pokémon. So I wanted to display that scientific element in my picks. Porygon for the reason of being man made(plus a fantastic shiny), Ditto for the reason of he can change into any pokemon thus changing type reflecting the Delta Species Pokemon plus if you subscribe to the theory of Ditto being a failed Mew clone then its an experiment gone wrong much like the Holon tower itself, and Metagross with its super computer like intelligence no doubt fits the vibe of this set, plus a gen 3 psuedo is a great addition to the GSs regardless.

EX Legend Maker: Celebi, Jirachi

EX Holon Phantoms: Banette, Dusclops, Gengar

EX Crystal Guardians: Gardevoir, Dragonair, Sableye
-I have always associated Crystal Guardians with this fancy dignified esthetic. The main 2 cards to me have always been Jirachi and Delcatty ex so as such to fit that theme I think Gardevoir would make an amazing GS(plus another great shiny), Dragonair for the same reason. We have seen in the past pre evolutions aren’t excluded from gold stars so I say go for it. Added bonus with the gem crystal on its head too. Sableye really only fits in the naming convention of the set, but I love the little goblin so I couldn’t not.

EX Dragon Frontiers: Mew, Salamence
-So I kept Mew here because I always thought that they stuck the landing with this addition to the set. Its not a dragon or even draconic like charizard its GS counterpart, but in terms of the lore it fits perfectly. Dragon Frontiers is set in the far reaches of Holon where naturally occurring DS Pokemon dwell as seen by them not having a secondary metal typing which all effected by the waves have. I think it fits perfectly that Mew was rightly tracked to Holon and even a DS Pokémon, but just off the horizon of the the scientists research thus making the quest for the elusive Mew continue!

EX Power Keepers: Blaziken, Sceptile, and Swampert
-The set is all about the Pokemon League of Ruby and Sapphire and I think it is showcased pretty well so I think a fun way to add onto that theme while also being a grea close to the era is to do the final forms of the gen 3 starters. A set of mons that most certainly many trainers had at least one of heading into the league on there adventure through Hoenn.

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Just in case some people scratch their heads at my HL picks, or are generally unfamiliar with ADV lore:

Wailord and Relicanth are required to unlock the Regis in RSE. You have to dive to a place called the Sealed Chamber after going through an amazing maze of water current, use dig to get into the inner chamber, read an inscription in Braille that says “First comes Relicanth, last comes Wailord.” When you read this inscription with Relicanth as the first in your party and Wailord as the last, it causes an earthquake that opens the first door to each Titans respective chamber spread across Hoenn.

The significance of Relicanth and Wailord is twofold, one is the link between land and sea but the other is their relation to us. Coelacanths belongs to the oldest living lineage of the Sarcoptygerii, the fish group that would eventually produce humans, and are as such more closely related to us than say a mackerel or a salmon. In contrast, whales evolved from land living animals to live in the sea, and only a mere 107-98 million years at most separates us on the family tree.

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It’s wild that there’s almost universal agreement in this thread that the Regi trio gold stars would have fit better into Hidden Legends than Legend Maker. Both sets have legend in the title but the former works better with the mythos of how you found the Regis in-game, whereas the latter sounds like a set where you’d expect to see Jirachi.

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To be fair, the movie Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, in which Mew and the Regis are intricately connected, was released 16 days after Mirage Forest/Legend Maker in Japan, a set based around Mew.

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The regis are not bad in legend maker. And probably are in the running for the ones that nintendo themed the best. They just could have easily done the mythicals there and it would be a stronger set

Cool idea! I’ll give mine with a slight reasoning for each. Will be heavily gen 3 based.

EX Ruby Sapphire - Treeko, Torchic, Mudkip
The starter Pokemon for the generation’s kickstarting set

EX Sandstorm - Cradily, Armaldo, Cacturne, Flygon
Gen 3 desert Pokemon and Fossils.

EX Dragon - Altaria, Salamence, Kingdra
Most of the non-legendary dragons from gen1-3.

EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua - Groudon, Kyogre, Camerupt, Sharpedo
The legendary Pokemon the two teams were after + their “lead” Pokemon.

EX Hidden Legends - Regice, Regirock, Registeel
Not much to say, pretty much the set mascots.

EX FRLG - Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle
Much like Ruby/Sapp kickstarting with their starters, I think the gen 1 remake set should kickstart with its respective starters.

EX TRR - Meowth, Arbok, Weezing, Mewtwo, Rhydon
Lots of team rocket representation along with Mewtwo. Rhydon/Nidoking was tough to choose between but felt having Nidoking without Nidoqueen would be weird.

EX Deoxys - Deoxys (one of each form)
Self explanatory.

EX Emerald - Rayquaza, Jirachi
Emerald’s box legendary and gen 3’s mythical representation.

EX Unseen Forces - Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Unown !, Unown ?
This one may come as a surprise, but this set was heavily gen 2 based (and had every unown), I think having gen 2’s starters to complete the starter sets and the 2 special unown’s would have been awesome.

EX Delta Species - Vaporeon, Flareon, Jolteon, Espeon, Umbreon
With a set with emphasis on typing, I think the eeveelutions fit well here.

EX Legend Maker - Mew, Celebi
All of the current mythical Pokemon minus Jirachi (already in Emerald)

EX Holon Phantoms - Dusclops, Banette, Shedinja
Some gen 3 ghost type Pokemon that I think would be the coolest as gold stars.

EX Crystal Guardians - Sableye, Mawile, Solrock, Lunatone
Some Ruby/Sapphire version exclusives. Also are cave Pokemon which represent the set name well.

EX Dragon Frontiers - Latias, Latios
Aside from Rayquaza, these were the only dragon legendaries and deserved their own spotlight together.

EX Power Keepers - Dragonite, Tyranitar, Metagross, Aggron
Multiple pseudo-legendaries that are tanky and powerful Pokemon in appearance

Out of all of these, I wish my Unseen Forces and Crystal Guardians choices are what happened more than any. I love when unique Pokemon get the spotlight.

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Your lists are pretty bang on imo, maybe throw dragonite into dragon frontiers as well even though its not in the set. Im still salty we never got lugia and ho-oh gs cards.

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Can I bump this? What a fantastic topic

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Make one for the ex cards, it’ll trigger the next bubble.

I don’t remember already making a post for this totally recent and very fresh topic.

So. I’d throw together a list something like this…

Ruby & Sapphire: Pikachu

Sandstorm: Flygon, Aerodactyl

Dragon: Latios, Latias

TA Vs TM: Sharpedo, Camerupt

Hidden Legends: Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip

FRLG: Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle

TRR: Meowth, Snorlax, Mewtwo

Deoxys: Deoxys, Solrock, Lunatone

Emerald: Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza

Unseen Forces: Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile

Delta Species: Gyarados∆, Tyranitar∆, Manectric∆

Legend Maker: Mew, Celebi, Eevee

Holon Phantoms: Metagross, Milotic∆, Blastoise

Crystal Guardians: Jirachi, Sableye, Venusaur

Dragon Frontiers: Dragonite, Donphan, Charizard

Power Keepers: Lugia, Ho-Oh, Arcanine

Donphan is a new one!

Forget salamence, the people want :elephant:

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Yeah, who needs another green dragon, when you can have BRONZE/MINT ELEPHANT!

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I for one would like a new idea for collecting special chase cards spanning years; similar to the gold stars.

I say leave the gold stars alone. Make them diamond cards with the diamond symbol but what makes these unique is that they represent a pokemon type.

so select 18 of the most popular pokemon, but they catch is they must represent one of the 18 Pokémon types. Each year selectively release 3 pokemon types in distinct special sets as an ultimate chase card. So 3 diamond cards per year but not more than 1 per set and only in 3 distinct sets in the year

over the course of 6 years all 18 chase cards will be represented

similar to gold stars, hire the same artist to make these diamond cards to keep a uniform art signature. Also find a gimmick thats unique to these cards. For gold stars it was the in your face artwork expanding the boarders. This one would ideally have a new idea. Maybe the pokemon type is represented on the back of the card with a signature artwork added to emphasize the uniqueness of the card

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What about the 27 gs pokemon but in sar/ar style? Maybe not limited to the 27 but having them in there would be a nod to the original gold star idea!

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I was about to say this. That’d be incredible!

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