This is not my opinion but i was talking to someone and he said the following:
He only collect vintage cards starting with cert 4xxx or before.
I have seen a few guys on instagram getting way to many psa 10 grades on hard to grade vintage cards which is a bit suspicious too.
I am not a fan of smol Pokemon in full arts!
What I mean by that is I feel the Pokemon who’s name is on the card should be the front & center focus of the artwork and not just some background accessory.
Two recent examples of artworks that illustrate what I’m talking about. The colors are warm and inviting and the artstyle is very distinct. These would be great if I saw them on Pixiv but as a Pokemon card? It just feels very off not having Charizard or Mew be the focus.
Maybe this is the boomer in me speaking because back in my days card art only gave a view of the Pokemon as the subject.
Blaine’s Moltres ?
Funny, I was actually thinking the same thing.
Honestly one of my least favorite vintage cards for that reason (Sabrina’s Gengar too). The scale just feels so off.
Sabrina’s Gengar in Japanese is perfect, the English one with the alterations is lacklustre.
The character is NOT front and center
I was just thinking that about this card, but decided it was OK, in this case, because of the exquisite scene it paints:
Meanwhile MTG keeps knocking special holos out of the park, like this one. Perfect:
Tho, WotC’s regular foil quality is inconsistent at best.
It is definitely a boomer thing. Old era designs don’t work on new era illustrations, it messes up the entire composition
I don’t think this 
is bad at all.
except for it being the ugliest zard since skyridge
I like it more. Now give him a neck please
Perfection.
‘Ugly’, is a matter of perspective.
An unpopular opinion? I mean, it IS an imaginary creature. Zard is somewhat ugly in general…
He’s a chonker, just like 1990s pikachu
Doduo not evolving at level 33 is a missed opportunity.
Because of the 3 heads. Just bothers me that he evolves at level 31
I dunno what it is about Doduo. I never catch one in the games but whenever I see it in a card it instantly makes me want to replay the OG games
That makes total sense! Missed opportunity!
Ive been using him alot lately in pokerogue and ive been getting lucky with using accupressure followed by an attack. Hes not terrible, and has gotten me through a few battles. I also love the base set doduo card, very nostalgic for me
The first time I played Pokémon Blue was in the back of my dad’s van, while waiting for him to finish pouring a concrete floor, on a cartridge I rented from the Blockbuster. When I turned on the save file the kid before me had got to Diglett Tunnel and had a lv 26 Doduo that knew Fly. I loved that Doduo because it seemed silly that a bird with no wings knew how to fly and it one-shot most other pokemon.
