It is a little frustrating that there are several megas that haven't been printed yet, presonally, I hope we get a M Banette card eventually.
I wouldn't say so. We did get one in Ancient Origins after all. I'd say Pokémon we haven't seen during one or more eras are "neglected". Pokémon like Castform (before SM2), Cranidos/Rampardos, the Baby Pokémon, the Rotom formes, Sawsbuck and of course Abra/Kadabra, are what I would consider neglected, while I also think the Pokémon with their latest cards being in the late BW-era need cards soon
The individual letters could be considered neglected, but Unown itself appeared in AOR. The Pokémon Company hasn't really printed different forms for a while, like Rotom; even the recent three Wormadam cards weren't different formes per se, despite having different typings. Going by Pokémon like the Shellos line and Burmy, where all forms appear in a single art, I don't think Unown will see individual letter prints for a while.
Hmm... have all Vivillon forms been in the TCG yet? For that matter, what about the Legendaries with various forms?
Not all the Vivillon forms have been in the TCG (Meadow, Elegant, High Plains, Marine, Continental, Savannah and Icy Snow have been on cards). As far as I'm aware every Legendary forme (except Mega Latias, Zygarde Cell and some of the Arceus types) have had cards
I take formes into consideration when there's precedence for it, e.g. the Rotom forms have each had a print with specific card names like Mow Rotom, Frost Rotom, etc.
I think it'd be one heck of a long list if we started taking typings into account.
There's also some difficulty here since the TCG doesn't have every typing, so the typings that are there should take precedence (e.g. a water/ground Pokemon, since ground isn't depicted directly in the game, should probably be expected to be water, since it's more true to the Pokemon than fighting would be). Plus the Delta Species would make the list quite messy!
I take formes into consideration when there's precedence for it, e.g. the Rotom forms have each had a print with specific card names like Mow Rotom, Frost Rotom, etc.
Some Pokemon like the Shellos line have had uniquely named prints in the past -- but there's some gray area there, since the latest prints featured both formes in a single art. I think Unown is in this gray area as well. The recent Wormadam line is a bit of a gray area too because it received three different prints (Burmy didn't though), and yet they weren't named in a way to depict unique formes. (For cards that fall into this gray area I include general and forme-specific listings in my spreadsheet.)
Other Pokemon like Keldeo or Meloetta have never had specific forme prints, so there is no precedent to consider them neglected. (For Pokemon like this, on my spreadsheet I generally just include the number of arts for each forme in the Notes section instead, until such a time that they are separated by TPC.)
Yet another gray area is Meowstic, who doesn't really have different formes per se, yet its genders are functionally different. We'd almost need Meowstic F and Meowstic M cards.
So there's some room for a case-by-case basis, but in general I believe that using precedence as the factor is the most accurate.
I think it'd be one heck of a long list if we started taking typings into account.
I'm actually glad you brought up Unfezant because I've been meaning to add its gender forms to my list. Thanks for the reminder.~
I'm actually glad you brought up Unfezant because I've been meaning to add its gender forms to my list. Thanks for the reminder.~
Unfezant is unlike Meowstic because it's functionally the same in both genders. So like you suggested before, when it's purely cosmetic, it's hard to say it's actually being neglected. That said, I wish Pokemon with clear gender differences were represented more in arts. I've been wanting a female Hippowdon card since DP base.
Soon you'll have to update your spreadsheet again since Mega Sharpedo and Mega Camerupt just got cards yay!
I'm really hoping the other Megas will get cards soon because if they don't they likely never will since the TCG has moved on to GX'es.
I was just thinking about the neglected Pokemon in the TCG which brought me back to this forum. Love this thread and your spreadsheet by the way!
