Stage 1 Recognition

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I feel like basic and stage 2 Pokémon tend to overshadow their stage 1 counterparts. Name some stage 1 hitters you really enjoy (or dislike).

I’ve always liked Haunter, especially considering his holo treatment in Fossil. Conversely, I dislike Kadabra. He’s basically just Alakazam with a thicc tail.

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Squirtle is my all-time favorite stage one Pokemon.

The stage one Pokemon I dislike the most would have to be Pidgey. Just kind of ordinary and boring.

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Wartortle overshadows Squirtle and Blastoise imo.

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Wartortle is superior to Blastoise in every way. The perfect mix of cute and cool.

edit: @papafrankgod, you beat me to it

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Kadabra is another option, I like it more than Alakazam, I feel the stage 2 design is simpler, Kadabra has so much more details in it.

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poliwhirl is probably my least favorite stage 1 pokemon, favorite is Dragonair.

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Yeah Poliwhirl is kinda boring, just like Machoke IMO. I really like Ivysaur because it’s such a nice logical transition. Also Graveler, poor guy gets overlooked a lot.

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Always liked Pidgeotto, it’s in my top 10 for base set for sure.

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bruh those aren’t stage 1

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Lolz my bad, I got confused between basic and stage 1.

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I like:

Cloyster Holo - Expedition
Aerodactyl Holo - Fossil
Dark Raichu Holo - Team Rocket
Dark Magneton Holo - Team Rocket
Crystal Kabutops - Skyridge
Gyarados H10 Holo - Skyridge

There is so many good one, take me forever to list em :blush:

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My favourite is Ivysaur, so badass and cute at the same time

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Crystal Kabutops is a stage 2 Pokémon (Fossil/Kabuto), and although Raichu is a stage 1 Pokémon in the card you’ve mentioned, it’s actually a stage 2 Pokémon as well with Pichu/Pikachu as basic/stage 1 Pokémon before it. :wink:

Some stage 1 Pokémon I personally really like:

  • Pikachu
  • Clefairy
  • Magneton
  • Haunter (one of my favorite Pokémon)
  • Seadra
  • Chansey
  • Dragonair
  • Quilava
  • Marill
  • Grovyle
  • Loudred

Ok, I’ll stop here halfway through gen 3, but there are a lot of cool stage 1 Pokémon. I also just realized I only picked stage 1 Pokémon of 3-step evolutions, skipping over a lot of great final evolutions of 2-step evolutions, like Steelix or the Eeveelutions.

Greetz,
Quuador

Greetz,
Quuador

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Charmeleon.

I like his coloring so much more than Charmander and Charizard.

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Kadabra, Machoke, Haunter, Dragonair, Piloswine, and Dewott would be my picks. :grin:

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I tend to forget about Pidgeot almost all the time and think Pidgeotto is the final stage.

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