I had only started spring cleaning/sorting of Pokemon stuff when I noticed something interesting, first three Shikishi Art board collections. Funny enough I created a thread about them many years ago yet I’ve forgotten to share my own purchases. 
Time to fix that error, enjoy!
These are so wonderful to look at, lots of old art which is familiar from tcg cards/boosters and something new as well.
In January I was planning upcoming PSA purchases and the list was quickly filled with mostly english WOTC holos, after review I decided to focus mainly on japanese exclusives and few chosen english cards ( like corrected Blaine’s Charizard above ). 
Completing 2002 JR rally promo set felt like challenge that’s fun and requires only few purchases since I already had PSA 10 Entei. Let’s begin with this cute Pichu which I got from @lotti , thanks for the deal!
Following 3 cards were my first purchase via E4 ebay search engine, hopefully the proceeds go to good use. Mewtwo and Lugia cards are more common sight in this thread but it’s been many years since graded Pikachu appeared here, rare treat for sure.
After payment I also finally found out seller’s name here was @salaryyy , thanks for smooth transaction and delivery happened much quicker than expected.
If the update was quite big same could be said about this day overall. In the morning I saw notice about anniversary for joining forum which originally happened 10 years, been a fun ride and I look forward to stay at least another one here.
The shikishi boards are what pulled me towards japanese mercari and yahoo auctions sites and kinda the first purchase i made related to them even though that time not straight from japan, really beautiful art and design on them! Also, can’t go wrong with JR rally cards, my only point against these is that when they are slabbed it’s more difficult to form the full picture in one’s mind, one for the binder gang 
They’ve been some of the best side collections outside tcg. Still missing ART 4 set, I haven’t searched it actively but every time I go on ebay there’s none available, gotta just keep eyes open.
I hear what you are saying, either I have to use my imagination or find combined artwork from google pictures. 
I’d be so mad if Pokepark Blue/Forest cards were distributed in similar fashion, then we wouldn’t have those lovely looking binders.
Not really sure which one of following was more difficult, obtaining this card or understanding as 12 year old that there’s no way to obtain Celebi in Pokemon Crystal no matter how many times I interact with shrine in Ilex Forest.
Luckily @eeveeteam agreed to be middleman for the purchase and it arrived here this week, thanks for everything. Last card I needed to complete PSA 10 JR Rally set, they are so beautiful together. 
The current want list is basically empty so it might be great time to explore unfamiliar parts of the hobby which I’ve avoided so far. 
Happy to see the set complete!
Instead of rambling about olympics all day long it’s time to share some recent additions for collection. English products are picks from LGS and japanese boxes were bought from ebay users pokecardsstore/yuumi98.
Currently I have no plans to complete following sets, I still like their theme and poster Pokemons look awesome. This opinion is surprising since I’ve never been fan of original Swords of Justice trio but their future variants are fine, also Wild Force has one of the best looking box art which SV era has offered us so far.
Couple japanese 151 boxes as well.
Silver Tempest boxes were first gen 8 products I’ve bought for myself, they’ll also serve as a hint what next update will include. 
Let’s continue collection updates where we left it, this time I’ll share some Sword & Shield cards I bought from ebay users pokemon.asylum, pokesonbla, konstantibressme_O, andrea.bell and mana_shoppu mainly during 2024, there’s quite big backlog of PSA/sealed stuff I need to post in near future.
Celebi V is amazing looking promo and generally speaking one of the best Celebi cards I can think of, I really dig the late winter/early spring theme in this one.
Couple japanese 25th Anniversary promos as well: Shining Magikarp is a true classic, glad I picked one because I’ve totally missed the wavy pattern going across the card, really cool addition. Umbreon gold star was the first gen 8 card I’ve bought, for many years I did my best to not obtain substitute for PLAY promo but eventually temptation was too much.
As a sidenote it’s a damn shame no Crystals were included in 25th, another big trio we won’t see in same set.
So many similarities between Lost Abyss and Fossil Aerodactyls starting from mountainous horizon and jungle beneath, the amount of interesting Fossil cameos in this is just mindblowing.
If there’s one chase card from SWSH era I don’t want to miss it has to be Lugia V alt art, illustration is stunning and the foil pattern looked much more interesting compared to english version.
Last card for update is Suicune V, very clean/simple design combined with glacier theme is a perfect match.
The avalanche of graded modern continues with Scarlet and Violet. These were bought from ebay users decklab, ltdpkmn, medekian, basbo-13, pokemon.asylum, samurai_import and cardoverse.
Ever since I became interested of 151 the Venusaur ex has been absolute peak cards of whole era, managed to pull english version for binder set yet I still wanted another copy, it’s like Gym Challenge Erika’s Venusaur 2.0. 
Only art rare for this update but it’s a good one, Groudon from Raging Surf. One of the biggest wishes for 2025 tcg is to see Kyogre AR which is connected with Groudon art.
“Dear diary: it’s day 72, weather is sunny & clear, also Wingulls still don’t have any suspicions about my identity and consider me as part of their flock”.
Two cards from Shiny Treasure ex, similar adorable themes with totally different art styles.
Initial reaction seeing Ancient legendary beast trio was probably a shock, after watching some vgc action I started to like them and then these godly SAR cards were released for us to enjoy.
Switching the roles between Wake and Bolt was nice choice since bulky water brontosaurus or fastest electric raptor would’ve been too obvious predictions. Gouging Fire is my favourite from 3 cards below, still resembles Entei most and layout is eerily similar with 151 Venusaur ex SAR.
Year 2024 was great time to be fan of water type special illustrations: first Walking Wake ex, followed with Kingdra/Greninja ex from Shrouded Fable collection boxes and finally Milotic ex as a finishing blow, life is good. 
Couple graded purchases first from ebay users southpole77 and collectableasset.
I just love these arts showcasing Pokemon in totally different element/setting than 99% of their other cards. Tyranitar taking a well deserved nap ( technically a mountain was destroyed once again but at least it was made of food ), meanwhile Cyber Judge AR is comical and wholesome with Metagross helping out the neighbourhood.
Great now we’re all caught up with graded stuff, time to move on sealed items which came from LGS around Christmas.
2x Paradox Rift boxes and two more Temporal Forces.
Also obtained ETB’s to compliment previous booster box purchases. I like especially the one with Walking Wake, it’s hard to go wrong with blue/white/purple colouring.
Finally two Build & Battle Stadium boxes, didn’t realize before these are solid/heavy like some brick. 
It seems unfortunately one wasn’t made for Temporal Forces, I’ve said before TF is favourite regular set of gen 9 so far.
It is actually a shame that before today I did not bother to experience your collection thread from the beginning. Phenomenal collection my friend. Just the journey through the eras was amazing to see in this thread. Not only the gorgeous graded cards but also the beautiful binder cards. Kudos to your dedication to collect for this long. It is really inspiring.
Cheers!
Thanks for taking a look at collection while leaving a like ( or two ).
Was there some certain piece or whole set which caught your attention?
Firstly I am astounded on your sealed collection through the years. I am a huge sucker for binders so your complete ex era cards which were in binder pages really are amazing and also my favorite. Although the graded shining cards are superb as well.
Cheers!
Those 4 gen 3 sets have been a fun quest. FRLG/FoL and Deoxys/Clash have complete regular sets and same thing with Legend Maker/Dragon Frontiers.
1st ed. Mirage/Offense & Defense still need all gold stars but it’s not too important since I have most of them in PSA 10 1st ed. japanese set, Mew is PSA 9 but I still like it a lot.
To echo Bubbles, your collection is incredible! Going through it all was quite the treat!
I will be the third to come in and say it was a great experience to both bombard your thread with likes while genuinely enjoying what an amazing collection you’ve put together! Delta species, e-series and neo are all favorites and you’ve also grabbed some of my favorite Japanese promos like the Jr Rally and the Dragonite line from the trainers magazines! All fabulous and awesome to see you collecting after all this time!
4th- to say going through your collection is a pleasure! Hard to point out my favorites: goldstars, shinings, neo, ex, sealed jp, even BW full arts, great stuff man! 
@Taigataipan . This is a collection after my own heart. It is just fantastic. Thanks for pointing me in this direction and sharing it.
I’m glad you had some time to look at these updates while becoming like king of Love Explosion once again.
Thanks for the feedback, older japanese promos have been great source of enjoyment due to unique arts and in some cases really odd distribution methods. Last third in topic contains so many E-series cards even when they were main reason to quit collecting Pokemon back in the day. 
Sealed gen 3 japanese boxes have so much good art in them, unfortunately I couldn’t find Golden Sky, Silvery Ocean + Offense and Defense in time. Still happy with the current haul, Lost Link box is another highlight from very few gen 4 items.
Good to hear you liked it, planning to keep things rolling whenever new interesting purchases appear. Rate of updates is a bit slower nowadays but I consider it only a positive thing.
