doomrai
February 17, 2026, 5:11am
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In your opinion, what’s the scariest/most menacing looking art in the TCG?
Other card games out there I feel like do this all the time, but Pokémon seems to go the cute or badass route most of the time.
I want to see more stuff like the Darkrai LEGEND art.
What else is out there that I don’t know about?
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Pokemon pockets wigglytuff is pretty scary
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Dyl
February 17, 2026, 5:40am
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Gyarados has many scary/menacing cards.
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I feel the background in Sabrina’s Gengar and Dark Haunter is more menacing than the Pokemon itself.
Also here’s your daily dose of thalassophobia.
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I think this Flutter Mane has a menacing atmosphere. I really like this artwork.
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bbobrob
February 17, 2026, 6:24am
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Hitmonlee may have just straight up murdered a Fearow in it’s own home in Vending Series. If you look close enough, you can see Fearow and it’s loved ones in the little picture frame.
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However powerful scary or menacing a pokemon is, they all bend in front of the boss wigglytough
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This is a concept that really intrigues me, I love menacing artworks and I even had this little thread here in the past, if you’re interested.
I realized that I particularly enjoy cards where the pokemon is depicted in a more “malevolent/malicious/eerie” way.
Not blatantly angry, not aggressive like you could expect from its species (for example a tyranitar or gyarados defending their territories).
Just, intentionally and subtly malevolent.
I bet a lot of your favorites will be from ‘Dark’ Pokemon, but post other sets too! It could even be just some personal over interpretation of the card, or a feeling that you simply had seeing th…
Some of my favorites:
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I really love this artwork as well, it has Skyridge Umbreon vibes to me
As for scariest/most menacing, I would not want to get on the wrong side of TRR Dark Slowking
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I have always found this Hypno to be particularly terrifying.
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Imagine you’re walking down an empty street, take a left around the corner and this is the first thing you see:
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Shina Nagasawa really has so many more I could add to this thread, especially from the S&M, XY era but if I had to pick my two favourites of his.
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BUEFFES
February 17, 2026, 5:22pm
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Lugia V comes to mind. I think in combination with the deep dark sea it looks kinda scary especially imagining me being that poor guy on the boat.
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Quuador
February 17, 2026, 5:29pm
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Don’t forget the evolved form.
Anyway, the scariest TCG artwork remains this one imo: a Sentret sucking on the udders of a miniature limbless and headless cow that’s being held by someone..
Greetz,
Quuador
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