Best Ho-Oh art in well over a decade. There are definitely cards with greater detail or creativity in their artwork but this satisfies me immensely as a fan of such an underappreciated legendary.
I haven’t seen the English version but the Japanese version looks a lot darker than it appears on screens too. I wouldn’t call it pretty, but it does look like something straight out of Berserk which is cool!
Soooo tough! For 2022 only, I’d lean Lugia V alt, but since that has already been said I’ll nominate the Machamp. I could easily pick like 5 cards though, haha.
@koala already posted the Giratina, so I would like to draw attention to another of Kanda’s work. The level of detail for a common card is pretty stunning.
I think the hoothoot that @Gstiess92 is my personal favorite outside of promos this year.
Another card I really liked was the radiant eevee in Japanese. The holo design and colors on the card really match the colors on the art. It is simply radiant