Don’t mind if I do in that case.
Pokémon: Noctowl
Comments: My favorite goes to Neo Genesis 42/111. A Ken Sugimori background done well. I’ve always liked this card ever since I first saw it. The dark forest at night with two other yellow-eyed Noctowl in the background. Ken Sugimori is an amazing illustrator (just look at the second non-TCG Bandai Carddass set for example), but I usually dislike the generic backgrounds on his TCG cards. Imo Ken Sugimori’s strength within the TCG lies in his (Supporter) Trainer cards. Some examples: Pokémon Fan Club; Town Volunteers; Bebe’s Search; Traveling Salesman; Pokémon Nurse; Juggler; etc. Although he does have some pretty solid Pokémon TCG artworks when the background was chosen correctly, and this Noctowl is one of them.
As for worse Noctowl, it’s no surprise it’s the BREAK. Never been much of a fan of BREAK cards (them being just gold, silver, and black without other colors AND made by 5ban Graphics in addition to it doesn’t help much…) The pose of Noctowl isn’t too bad I guess. Excluding the BREAK, my personal worst Noctowl would go to EX Unseen Forces 43/115. It looks like those fat pigeons I see in my garden sometimes… And apart from the shadows used, it’s pretty boring. I’m actually surprised it’s a Mitsuhiro Arita artwork.
My favorite:
Personal worst:
Greetz,
Quuador