As for the thread, it’s like meh, any modern bland card especially from a veteran illustrator who’s quality sank going digital bland could suffice here. There is no one that I don’t appreciate, so many are forgettable garbage. I just stay gold.
Today, I really can’t appreciate this card. The story goes that once there was a person in need, and then another person approached this person, selling them one of those Exeggcute cards. The person in need took the chance and thought they really had an opportunity here. Then the dramatic happened: this card broke the heart of this poor person by really doing something to disappoint them and also their friends. The saying goes, the whole neighborhood got angry at each other after this very, very consequential incident. And this was the sad end to it.
Almost all from the set. In some cases, not necessarily because I think they’re ‘bad’ cards (though many of them are), but because the entire set is a negative reminder of those disappointing childhood experiences where I’d saved up my pocket money and would venture excitedly into town at the weekend eagerly looking forward to buying more Base, Jungle, Fossil - or even Legendary Collection. But Team bloody Rocket were the the only boosters available, because nobody wanted them. Even later on when the Neo series released, those malevolent, sleep-deprived eyes of Giovanni would be the only entity glaring up at me from the full, open box next to the tills. As if to say, “yeah, that’s right. You worked hard cleaning your parents’ cars for that £5 in your hand, and now you’re going to take me home with you like the good little optionless cardstock-addicted bitch you are”. Team Rocket is the perpetual reminder of harsh life lessons learned at an impressionable age.
I love Baba. What I don’t love is pregnant, hairy Gengars standing in the middle of checks notes a barren garden at nighttime? Not a single redeeming quality about it.