Hey y’all, not sure if this thread has been done before, but I thought it would be fun for people to share their favorite illustrations of particular pokemon throughout the lifespan of the TCG. Hopefully we can see some cards we haven’t seen before, or just haven’t looked at long enough to appreciate.
here are a few of mine:
Alto Mare’s Latias & Latios
**Karen’s Umbreon
Sunset Mew
Crystal Celebi
Aquapolis Tyranitar
Rookie Absol
_'s Rayquaza
EX Team Rocket’s Dark Dragonite
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A different, but related thread you may enjoy looking through
www.elitefourum.com/t/random-pokemon-favourite-and-worst-card/32991/1
I can’t ever shut up about this card:
I’m a big fan of Arcanine, and this one from the Town on no Map has to be my fav:
I love that Alto Mare’s Latios too. Best Latios artwork by far.
I’ve said this before, but Moonlit Pursuit chomp is the best chomp:
This Suicune will always be my favorite, in both Eng and Jpn:
I really enjoy Masago’s work with this Tyranitar:
Saitou didn’t have to go that hard with this Ray but they did anyway:
And that’s just a few of my favs!
Well Obviously I would have to go with the GOATED Sugimori 1997 playmat slowpoke. He has just the right amount of derp, water color, rarity, and early pokemon vibe to be the best card of all time. Other early slowpoke cards are good and classic but this one knocks it out of the park
We actually did have a thread which went over all Pokémon, doing 18 each week, and people post their favorites. Here is the last thread, with links to the earlier ones. Although it was mostly just me and @xzini who posted each week, and @pokemontrader who hosted the threads eventually posting in his own threads as well. Only the first gen, especially week 1, were popular overall unfortunately. I personally enjoyed it, though.
Still, I like your thread idea as well. (And there have been many ‘favorite Pokémon’ type of posts on the thread over the years.) My top three favorite artworks are these:
Art Academy Pikachu Emotions:
Greetz,
Quuador
Can’t get enough of this Oddish, so vibrant and soothing artwork. I think the reverse stamp fits in with the art really well aswell! ^^
well at least in the TCG, dark slowbro and light slowbro are two different pokemon 
Without a doubt…
Closely followed by: Houndoom Neo Rev, GS Charizard, GS Gyarados, CD promo Charizard
Here’s a few of my favorites. All from the Japanese vending series.
I know it’s Greedent and a (very) modern card, but this one just makes me laugh every time I see it.
I always think of this card when I see a thread like this pop up. I really like Kawayoo’s dynamic artstyle and coloring. I love how TCG artists can get me to excited to collect a card for a Pokemon that I never gave a second thought about.
