Yusuke Kozaki : Known for dynamic, high-energy illustrations Sowsow : Created many beloved Special Illustration Rares in the Scarlet & Violet era, including the famous Umbreon ex SIR from Prismatic Evolutions HYOGONOSUKE : Known for vibrant, detailed backgrounds in alternate art/SIR cards Sanosuke Sakuma : Created the iconic Moonbreon (Umbreon VMAX Alt Art) from Evolving Skies 5ban Graphics : A studio responsible for many of the 3D-rendered Pokemon images on standard cards If you see a popular illustrator's name on a card, it can be a subtle indicator of collectibility beyond just the rarity tier
The guardian of the castle is Lovely Labrynth, and on the card depicting her, in the bottom-right corner of the card is a plushie of that same knight
8 Nexomon: Extinction A Little Extra RPG Spice The Pokmon games are, for all intents and purposes, JRPGs, but theyve never really felt like that
Precons often skimp on ramp and mana, but Animated Army did pretty well, though it wouldve been best if some of the 2-mana ramp sources were 1-mana accelerants for Bello
This Commander printing is a nice myriad card, and if you can grant haste to your creatures, its a big surprise for only 5 mana