“Crimson Haze” Secret Rares Revealed!

[ToxicPulse]

Anyone know if there is a reverse holo in this set? Most of the single sets have had one in the past and this reminds me of battle region from scarlet and violet

 

[Charmaster:)]

Not familiar with the flavor text of the tea ghost, but when it's a ghost, my first instinct is that yeah, it's the same child from the first card, but it's not decades later, it's minutes later. Like, did bro got his life force drained?

Definitely a sound first instinct, but as I had never considered the possibility of “draining life force” actually causing a person’s body to grow rapidly before withering, I can’t say if it’s a valid first instinct.

That being said, I don’t like the fact that we can’t see the person’s face. The artist seems to be making the tone of the illustration as abstract as possible by using a familiar theme of the Illustration Rare (or, in Japan, art-rare lines), such as seen on the Gardevoir ex or Skeledirge ex lines, but removing some of the most comforting details. Did the illustrator have a specific mood in mind, or is whether this illustration is dark or wholesome being deliberately left to the audience?

 

[thegoldentoad]

In response to y’all above, I’m in the decades later camp. I think the life force drain idea is interesting, but feel like the Pokémon’s evolution implies a larger passage of time. Of course, that’s my opinion.

Think someone needs to do an interview with the artist. Ha! Nominating Jon and Justin.