Saying “cosmo” rather than “cosmos” is unforgivable.
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Cosmo Kramer comes to mind
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Gives you insight on how little I care for the set
(It was a typo lol)
It is embarassing how some will intentionally damage a card and try and apply the word “error” to it in listings. No, that Corocoro Mew you left out in the Sun for 3 months is not an error, you damaged it and it should be listed as such.
On a related point, others will scour a card for the tiniest black dot and cry “OmG eRrOR cArD”. Get over yourself.
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XY and Black and White eras artwise are the top 2 contenders for worst TCG card eras.
My nostagia wore off for a bit when I realized this.
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Sequential cert premium is silly. People will do anything to avoid looking for new cards.
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I am officially sick of all the full art SIRs and SARs that have become the modern chase cards. I agreed for a stretch that many modern arts were better than a lot of vintage era art works, but I am now officially bored with the “ooo ahhhh ohhhh” for the 2 minutes it lasts until the next “ooo ahhh” cards come along each set. It’s too predictable now. I want other components of the card to stand out and give all these great artworks something else that sets them apart and contributes to set identity. This just feels like the new rainbow art rare era. Very few of these cards keep my interest from one year to the next whereas I don’t get bored at all with the classics.
Of the modern era I’d say the Latias/Latios FA, the KandaKarp and a handful of Evolving Skies artworks have risen above the noise. Otherwise I could do without them and don’t consider them part of my long term collecting goals.
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Some rainbow cards were pretty cool. I really enjoyed pulling them and I actually miss them. I’d like them to be back.
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Oversaturation at its finest. When everything is made “special”, then nothing is truly special anymore.
So many of these full art cards are just a mess compositon-wise. Way too much going on in the background and you need to play “Where’s Waldo” just to find the Pokemon who’s name is on the card.
Not saying there aren’t great arts but they’re few and far between. Call me crazy, but Pokémon needs to go back to non-full arts for chases (it will never happen).
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This is exactly how I feel. Maybe I’m too boomer to see what is in the cards but I really appreciate the cards where the simple design looks so clean and perfect (with a few exceptions). The Skarmory full art comes to mind, beauty in simplicity:
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Yep, maybe it’s an age thing for us 
I went through SV full arts a while ago and picked my favs and most were ones with simpler compositions or where the Pokemon was the sole subject and front & center.
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I’m thinking it might not be, but the start of an interest divide the more popular Pokémon gets. The variety of merchandise is far too big for any one individual to appreciate everything, and most aren’t going to be interested in the entire 1025 Pokémon roster so it leads to an internal selection mindset. Which Pokémon stands out to you? Which cards stand out to you? Which artists appeal most to you? What style of collecting caters most to you? and so on. It’s not bad at all, and we don’t need to have it all for it to feel special. The most of what’s been offered so far in the last 5 years of modern is choice
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It’s not simpler composition. It’s better composition. Composition is about directing the attention of the viewer. Helping the viewer see what the intended message and subject is. Composition that is messy, too detailed , poorly highlighted and lacks focus is less appealing to the viewer. It’s basic art principles m
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We did, we will. It’s too satisfying.
You can’t force people to chase something. The non-full art chase will never come back.
Actually, wait. They did that with master ball textures. But one could argue that’s even worse with it being the exclusive playground of hypebeasts.
Ironic that people will say this yet never give common cards a second look. That would be a direct comparison with vintage cards.
Also the comparison to rainbow rare cards, which are literally a rainbow recolour of already artistry-barren CGI model cards, is just insulting the current artists.
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As always though there is selection bias.
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Whenever I see a bunch of these cards together it just looks like a blob of uncomplimentary, washed out colors with uncomplimentary font scribbles all over wrapped up in light margarine borders. Never mind the feel of modern cards in hand.
Yes, the “art is nice” (sometimes,) in a completely irrelevant vacuum.
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