Oh WOWOWOW these are insanely awesome! I think this set is living up to the hype.
“The Glory of Team Rocket” Secret Rares Revealed!
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I was looking forward to seeing the Mewtwo SAR. To say that I'm disappointed is an understatement. Pokémon dropped the ball on this one. Thankfully, Crobat, Moltres, and Nidoking all look fantastic!
Right, so have come back to the full reveal. Gonna do this one by one. (don't care about full art pokemon or gold cards)
ART RARES~
Spidops: Looks comic book like, love it!
Houndoom: The illustration is nice, but mostly for Houndoom's pose.
Blaziken: Not a huge fan of this one, but will reserve more judgement for when we get digital scans.
Clamperl: Beautiful.
Wobbuffet: Vibrant, and love the addition of the grunts!
Orbeetle: Not a big fan of this one, not so much the art style but the size, when this is released as an actual card it will be as small a feature as Drowzee or Sudowoodoo from earlier SV sets.
Weezing: Nice, Weezing sticks out like a sore thumb in a good way
Murkrow: Amazing use of Murkrow interacting with her trainer!
Zamazenta: It's okay, but knowing Zacian is out there but not really available irks me.
Raticate: Meh, the drawing looks awful. A shame too, as this would be our first Raticate featured so prominently.
Meowth: Derpy as, but I like it.
Kangaskhan: If Quaqsire wasn't in it, I would give this one a miss.
FA TRAINERS~
Ariana: Great pose, great illustration.
Archer: Okay pose, amazing illustration.
Giovanni: Amazing pose, amazing illustration.
Petrel: Meh.
Proton: A waste of Naoki Saito.
SPECIAL ART RARES~
Moltres: Really don't like this one, AKIRA EGAWA back at it again at really drawing what I consider to be awful cards.
Mewtwo: Intimidating pose, nice shading, not the best mewtwo card out there, not the worst.
Nidoking: Amazing, couldn't have asked for a better one.
Crobat: My favourite card of the set, just all around freaking awesome!
Ariana: Lack of Murkrow on her shoulder you shmucks!
Giovanni: A really awesome overview of Gen 2 rocket, pretty awesome!
ART RARES~
Spidops: Looks comic book like, love it!
Houndoom: The illustration is nice, but mostly for Houndoom's pose.
Blaziken: Not a huge fan of this one, but will reserve more judgement for when we get digital scans.
Clamperl: Beautiful.
Wobbuffet: Vibrant, and love the addition of the grunts!
Orbeetle: Not a big fan of this one, not so much the art style but the size, when this is released as an actual card it will be as small a feature as Drowzee or Sudowoodoo from earlier SV sets.
Weezing: Nice, Weezing sticks out like a sore thumb in a good way
Murkrow: Amazing use of Murkrow interacting with her trainer!
Zamazenta: It's okay, but knowing Zacian is out there but not really available irks me.
Raticate: Meh, the drawing looks awful. A shame too, as this would be our first Raticate featured so prominently.
Meowth: Derpy as, but I like it.
Kangaskhan: If Quaqsire wasn't in it, I would give this one a miss.
FA TRAINERS~
Ariana: Great pose, great illustration.
Archer: Okay pose, amazing illustration.
Giovanni: Amazing pose, amazing illustration.
Petrel: Meh.
Proton: A waste of Naoki Saito.
SPECIAL ART RARES~
Moltres: Really don't like this one, AKIRA EGAWA back at it again at really drawing what I consider to be awful cards.
Mewtwo: Intimidating pose, nice shading, not the best mewtwo card out there, not the worst.
Nidoking: Amazing, couldn't have asked for a better one.
Crobat: My favourite card of the set, just all around freaking awesome!
Ariana: Lack of Murkrow on her shoulder you shmucks!
Giovanni: A really awesome overview of Gen 2 rocket, pretty awesome!
I have mixed emotions on this set.
DAMN those Mewtwo cards go so hard. Sucks that they're gonna be 50 and 400 bucks. Gold Jammies Tower probably won't cost too much, even though it does see play it's almost always a 1-of.
Nothing will ever beat the Mewtube. One of Arita’s best illustrations and that’s saying something
Beautiful, they never miss man
Akira Egawa drawing awful cards is a really hot takeRight, so have come back to the full reveal. Gonna do this one by one. (don't care about full art pokemon or gold cards)
ART RARES~
Spidops: Looks comic book like, love it!
Houndoom: The illustration is nice, but mostly for Houndoom's pose.
Blaziken: Not a huge fan of this one, but will reserve more judgement for when we get digital scans.
Clamperl: Beautiful.
Wobbuffet: Vibrant, and love the addition of the grunts!
Orbeetle: Not a big fan of this one, not so much the art style but the size, when this is released as an actual card it will be as small a feature as Drowzee or Sudowoodoo from earlier SV sets.
Weezing: Nice, Weezing sticks out like a sore thumb in a good way
Murkrow: Amazing use of Murkrow interacting with her trainer!
Zamazenta: It's okay, but knowing Zacian is out there but not really available irks me.
Raticate: Meh, the drawing looks awful. A shame too, as this would be our first Raticate featured so prominently.
Meowth: Derpy as, but I like it.
Kangaskhan: If Quaqsire wasn't in it, I would give this one a miss.
FA TRAINERS~
Ariana: Great pose, great illustration.
Archer: Okay pose, amazing illustration.
Giovanni: Amazing pose, amazing illustration.
Petrel: Meh.
Proton: A waste of Naoki Saito.
SPECIAL ART RARES~
Moltres: Really don't like this one, AKIRA EGAWA back at it again at really drawing what I consider to be awful cards.
Mewtwo: Intimidating pose, nice shading, not the best mewtwo card out there, not the worst.
Nidoking: Amazing, couldn't have asked for a better one.
Crobat: My favourite card of the set, just all around freaking awesome!
Ariana: Lack of Murkrow on her shoulder you shmucks!
Giovanni: A really awesome overview of Gen 2 rocket, pretty awesome!
Where's the grimer illustration rare??
*sigh* if my LGS doesn't have enough for my special request I guess I'll have to just buy singles. I Ho-oh is my one and only fav legendary and I am determined to make a deck with it.
No Steven’s Metagross ex SAR confirmed yet… I’m getting nervous…
Where tf is an ampharos trainer gallery.
It's unlikely it's getting one before this years end of year special set
I thought Steven’s Pokemon (and Marnie’s) are coming out with Destined Rivals? Would their SIRs not be with this set too?
As they came from Japanese decks, it means that there is a potential they don't get any more arts at all, it's already surprising that they got IRs for beldum and morpeko already
It could still happen, similar to how sets like Prismatic Evolutions and Crown Zenith had SIRs from cards released in prior sets
Proton’s IR looks soooo sick that’s my fav. And although I did guess correctly with Giovanni SIR featuring everyone I kinda like Ariana’s more
The mewtwo is everything I wanted it to be 