I like the new type of Holofoils with the vertical lines. It’s something new, so that’s always good imo. I wonder what the non-Japanese versions will look like.
The VMax cards also look nice thus far, and am looking forward picking some up for my National Index including all forms and Shiny Pokémon collection.
The Rainbow Rares for FA Supporters I personally hate. I think the Rainbow Rares are overdue in general tbh, and I had hoped they came up with something new for this era… I do hope all FA Trainers will also still have a regular version available (in this first set they indeed are, but I hope this continues). I will pick up the Rainbow Rare for my FA Supporter collection if a regular version isn’t available, but I hope I won’t have to and can just resort to the natural regular versions.
I like them all in all and think they show a lot of promise. The fact that the normal Pokemon V cards are now embossed is the biggest improvement for me; always thought current normal EX & GXs felt a bit cheap. Also agree that FA backgrounds are an improvement and the glitter looks nice and is a good way to define and identify this new generation.
The best thing for me is that in general I think the design and artwork is all moving in the right direction. Some of the recent S&M artwork has been great, particularly a lot of alt arts and these new cards seems to follow the general improvement in design. Think we should see some great sw&sh cards.
I think some of the actual art and the way they depict certain Pokémon are cool on modern, however, I don’t think I’ll ever be genuinely interested enough in modern cards to collect them.
I love the glitter addition. I’m easily wooed by shiny, sparkly things. Kinda bored by having both V and VMax cards though,they should’ve just done VMax since it’s a form change for the Pokemon…or make VMax cards secret rares and the V cards will be the GXs.
Either way, i’ve got my booster box coming this week.
Only thing I really like is the black border on the V cards and how they made the V merge into the upper left corner. The rest; it’s just another modern card. I just hope English cards come with the new Japanese foiling.
