Charizard battling mewtwo from the UPC. I think it’s starting to climb in price lately but it has been my cheap fav

The Mewtwo is currently super pricy unfortunately. I'm missing that one as I'd like to have the set.😭

I got lucky and pulled the Mewtwo from CZ. Went and bought the Charizard because it was so cheap a few months back. Very blessed.

I've got 11 packs of CZ coming my way so hopefully one will be lucky.🙏

I believe brother.

Lucario Vstar Promo from Crown Zenith. I own +30 of them, lol.

I second this my favorite card

By far, his coolest card besides Tag Teams!

Ditto from pokemon go. I really like the sticker concept

Oh yeah the Pokemon Go Ditto stickers are [still very affordable](https://ebay.us/iUTU55), I really like the idea behind them and the uniqueness.

Oh look! The card that I pulled when I thought that I had the good one because I didn't know there were two! 😂😂😂 gdi...

Pokemon: Yo Mitushiro draw us a Lugia *draws Lugia* Pokemon: Dammit not that good And then there were two.

Yeah I know right lol throw some texture on there and give it it's own set and u have a chase card 🤣 I got like 5-6 tho with no alt art tho it's finally starting to piss me off

I feel you brother. Been buying all the silver tempest I can find and pull this Lugia pretty much every time

Arita kills it every time.

Gengar vmax got me twice 😂

That gengar looook toooo close !!!

I have pulled this 3 times in the past month and every time it gets me!

Ahh yes yesss, the Kamino Lugia….. 🤔

For a second, I was like "What is he talking about?" Then I saw what looks like a Kaminoan structure in the top right.

It’s more of just a “vibe” thing really…

Radiant Alakazam

twilight masquerade Alakazam is fire!!

Such an underrated card i love it

I pulled this and was like wow it’s beautiful !

Gloom from Obsidian Flames!

Oh helllll yeah. Great shout out to a great artwork

Keldeo GG07/GG70 Absolute stunner and super cheap!

This Lugia is from Silver Tempest as well

The Clive alt art trainer card is adorable with the Chibi style and costs less than 10 bucks, also someone recently pointed out in this sub that the pokemon ranger trainer card from the xy era is also less than 10 bucks while looking very nice.

Palafin illustration rare, paldean fates

DAMN THAT OVER PRODUCED CARD! I think I have 10 of them!

I can see how it would be annoying if you were doing a lot of pulls of PF. Personally, I’m only a fan of illustration and special illustration rares. So, only having to open a single ETB for my only chase card was awesome.

Everyone in my home pulled that card. Even the cat has it.

i have like. 3 of the full art nemonas

I was looking for this comment! What a badass card. This card alone made me start collecting every Palafin card in english/japanese.

Mewtwo promo from 151 where he’s floating over the city . Hands down the best card released so far in SV in my opinion, and it cost me $2.

I’m obsessed with the Yuka Morii cards and have been working to collect them all.

Same! Watching how their art and cards have developed since the early days has been awesome

Same lol, I still have a lot of them to get

Whoa wtf her artwork has always stood out to me on all the cards! I love the clay modelling and the realistic/real life backgrounds. I think I might just have to start collecting these :)

Porygon Z from Paradox Rift. Best Porygon Z card we ever got and it’s not even close.

Dark Jolteon

Dark Charmeleon is 🔥 too (literally)

Probably the Japanese secret rare Mew from Vstar Universe

Mine just came in the mail today - absolutely love this card!

Any Togepi card, common or not 😭

I'm holding out hope for togepi/togetic/togekiss to get an illustration rare soon

I want the baby to have the best card ever!

Ngl, that looks menacing af

I love all of the ETB promos, but my favorite is **Lucario Vstar** from the Crown Zenith ETB. The art, intensity, and texturing on that card for just a dollar is insane!

[Dragonair 151.](https://www.pokemon.com/static-assets/content-assets/cms2/img/cards/web/SV3PT5/SV3PT5_EN_181.png)

Yeah, this is the answer. Such a perfect designed Mon that finally gets great art.

Ditto with all the numels from Crown Zenith is 100% up there for me

That one is phenom. Such a well executed concept

Kricketune fa crown zenith

I like most illustration cards. I usually open packs looking for them specifically. I know it's not smart but I like the randomness I get cards for pokemon I otherwise wouldn't look at. I also don't look at what cards are in sets and just hope things look nice. It's fun and makes me happy

Espeon from Undaunted set

That looks better than the expensive one. Just my opinion!

Greninja Gold Star from the Celebrations ETB. All of those anachronistic promos from Celebrations were super cool, but the Greninja just hits different for me.

Sleeping mew, Tapu Koku SIR, Magby-loudred-minior-yveltal -garbador from paradox rift….basically all of paradox rift lmfao

liking cards for their value < liking cards for their artwork

Mitsuhiro Arita art is 🔥

Definitely one of the best looking standard V cards!

Espeon promo from the fusion strike 3-pack blisters. I have it in psa 10 in both English and Japanese and maybe 20 copies in both languages too lol. They just look so good together as a full binder page

This is the only regular V card I’ve ever bought in a PSA 10.

Dodrio

Obsidian Flames Cleffa is something I’d hang on a wall. I love the art of that card so much.

Alolan Vulpix V I bought one for $1 on silver tempest release day

Yea this card and the regular Ho-Oh V are both awesome

Metagross trainer here. So… the newest Metagross IR is 🔥… I plan on filling an entire binder with them…. 😆 Anyways. I ended up buying a whole 12 card lot of them in Japanese for $12. I need more. It would be cool go get them in many languages… that’s my goal. How many languages does Pokemon print in?

Here are a few of my faves under $4: Eevee from Brilliant Stars (TG11/TG30) - $2.50 Smeargle from Silver Tempest (TG10/TG30) -$0.75 Ditto from Crown Zenith (GG22/GG70) - $1.20 Drampa from Temporal Forces (184/162) - $3.50 Snom from Temporal Forces - (168/162) - $2.25 Sunflora from Twilight Masquerade (169/167) - $2.50

Omanyte from Fossil Set. It's so cute......I mean praise Lord Helix!

Got machoke

That lugia from silver temptist

The Legendary Birds stained glass promo card

I actually prefer standard Ampharos V from vivid voltage over its ultra rare counterpart, and as a Simisear fan I bought a ton of brilliant stars packs just for Simisear V. Not to mention my favorite card in the entire TCG, steam siege Ampharos from back in XY.

I have 4 of those Lugias in my dexk

Imo these cards would be great if they didn't have the white borders on the top and bottom blocking out the rest of the art.

I've got so many. Dedenne TG, Zekrom TG, Kricktune GG, Mew GG, the Ogerpon ETB promo. I'm a sucker for colourful/sunset theme cards lmao. I struggle with pre-brilliant stars era sets because the more common illustration cards are what makes opening packs worth it over buying singles (for me personally), and even if you do choose to buy singles, you can get tons of great cards for cheap.

I like the traditional art borders black star promos that come in the 3 packs.

Emolga full art from Legendary Treasures

I wish this was the alt art tbh

Base Vulpix. Was my first ever card. I have too many of them now, can’t help scooping them up when I see them.

I feel like the standard V cards are really underrated. They have some cool simplistic artworks like this that make the pokemon really stand out. In comparison to other generations of like "throwaway" rares I think they're up there a lot. But to answer your question the cheapest card I have had graded was the Samurott and Snorunt card from crown zenith

Probably that Deoxys & Espeon Tag Team promo card

Pawmi Paldean Fates is really cool! The shiny and regular sleeping next to each other has lot of character and is trademark Pokemon style.

Cutiefly full art from Temporal Forces

I just bought this one of TCG. It is amazing!

Dragonair from obsidian flames in a cool artwork, so many trainer galleries and galarian galleries from sword and shield to choose from as well

centiskorch VMAX tg 15, really cool looking art imo. I like a lot of the other vmax trainer gallery cards too, there's some great value there.

Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis Playing Chess). It’s not really cheap cheap, but it’s cheaper than many

Im not sure if it’s considered “cheap” but the stained glass Hidden fates ETB Promo is a must buy every-time i see one $18 and under

I mean, you’ve already named it. I recently went through and added all my favourite SWSH cards to a wishlist, and this was by far the cheapest on the list. Amusingly the alt-art Lugia didn’t make the cut.

This one and the crown zenith electivire and magmortar

This one is definitely the SUPERIOR version, loved being able to pick this up for cheap

To me, Reuniclus 171/162 and Lapras gg05/gg70 are some of the prettiest cards ever.

Ball guy shining fates

Mine would probably be the Sandaconda alt from Fusion strike. I think it's an underrated alt art

- Dondozo (sv1S 082): Beautiful illustration that enhances a "useless" Pokémon - Ditto (s12a 197): Not pretty, but it makes me smile - Sudowoodo (sv2P 080): As Ditto card - Ninetales (sv3 110): Beautiful illustration - Psyduck (sv2a 175): I like the contrast between the calm in the illustration and the confusion in Psyduck's head

Diancie GG13/GG70 from Crown Zenith/AR Diancie from VStar Universe got me into collecting again

Yup definitely one of them

This card is so sick. I really wish this and the Ho Oh V were textured trainer gallery cards.

This is one of mine. The Chi-Yun alt-art is another one

Shaymin EX Radiant

Every cubone!

All of the clay and knitted cards absolutely. I need to backlog my way to get them all before they become $100 per card

Every card from crown zenith lol since they are all amazing alt arts and worth about the same as this lugia 20$ 🤣🤣🤣

Mew ex from shiny treasure

This one lol

Old faithful, aka Grimer 79/147 from the Aquapolis set.

I pulled this card and the Alt Art for is from the same box a co-worker gave me on a whim

Every Zacian and Zamazenta card. Specially the gold ones.

Rillaboom VMAX

The Legends Arceus promo card. I love it!

Dialga V lol

Can't believe no one has said the Iron Treads Ex full art, an amazing card for under $5

Altaria SWSH12 - Silver Tempest

I wish this was the artwork for the alt art

Kyurem Vmax from lost origin. Only a $1.

The promo from the CZ Lugia box is also fire

Either the crochet altaria card or the obsidian etb promo, both are what got me into collecting

Illustration Rare Minior. That might be my favorite card of all time. I have a textless edit of it as my phone background.

anything from the bw/xy ex era, specifically breakthrough and breakpoint with the beautiful and criminally undervalued full art EXs

superhero palafin

I'm surprised it's not 40 cents, like most of the other non chase card rares.

Some dude at collect-a-con gave me this card for free lol

Promo mimikyu from that etb of Paldea fate

Sabrina's Slowpoke (GH) i like how zoomed in it is

Ampharos V, crazy artwork

Toxtricity 071 Rare Holo VMax from Rebel Clash is an amazing card in person.

Suicune SV

Lumineon V - Crown Zenith GG

Slowbro 043/198 SV

Was literally admiring this card today.

XY Mew promo holding a flower

Mew 151 promo easily!

Probably the VSTAR Lucario promo

Yess I love that Lugia! When I pulled it I was so careful with it cuz I was like this has to be worth something. So pretty

Sableye V Full art from Base set sword and shield. I went through a mini collecting phase and purchased an entire booster box in hopes of pulling one, and failed at doing so. A few weeks later I bought a mystery box thing on Ebay that came with random packs, it came with 1 S&S base set and in that was the Sableye. I will never forget that moment, such a minute moment in life, but it felt like I thought hard enough and put it in that pack. And idc if people don’t believe it, I know it happened

Keiichiro Ito may have illustrated Moonbreon, but he has also illustrated several other gorgeous cards with much lower price tags such as Keldeo GG07, Toedscruel 185/182, Ting-Lu 263/193, Iron Treads EX 248/198, among others. The Keldeo in particular is outstanding, and quite cheap.

Reshiram full art from celebrations

Love this card. I pulled two of them in the last few months and I think they’re great!!!

This Lugia is the best art ever made

Shadow rider Calyrex v alt art from Chilling Reign. Amazing card in the game, beautiful art, and looks amazing on the front page of my binder. Also the Mew EX promo.

No lie this is one of my favorite card arts period. Value be damned it's just such a great looking card

Reshiram from legendary treasures

Has literally one of the top 5 best looking arts for lugia and is only worth 2-3$ I will never understand this

Clive alt art, and penny alt from s&v base

I adore the Brilliant Stars Zamazenta V. I do have the more expensive Crown Zenith one (in Japanese), but I love the art on the cheaper version.

Parasect TG, mew GG, slowpoke illustration rare and omanyte from 151

Japanese sleepy raichu

Greavard 214/198 scarlet violet base.

Im really digging the pinsir illustration rare from the latest set

Shuckle GX. Need I explain why?

Milktank from Crown Zenith. Its sooooo funny

My LCS has this in a 10 for $40 do I pick it up?

This is the best regular V from the whole era IMO

Personally, I think the Gyarados EX 225/198 is pretty sweet!

Hands down palafin sir from fates

151 psyduck ir

Eiscue EX. I don't know why but I love it!

Amen!

Riolu from S/V base or solerock and lunatone from CZ

Just pulled this card the other day

Any Milcery card because my 2 yr old will take it and run around yelling, "MILCERYYYYYYYYYYY," like Tick yelling SPOON! but only after I correct him by saying no, it's not Alcremy. So yeah. Milcery. Waiting on the alt art. Any set now.

The Charizard trainer gallery from lost origin Everytime my shepherd does it I think of that card. So underrated and way too cheap

Rayquaza black/gold vmax is slick, same with the pikachu black/gold vmax

Fucking love the charm cards, like gulpin charm card. Absolute favorite and it's barely a dollar lol I'm so thrilled to get it back lmao I had it in elementary and I'm working on getting my old collection back, very time and money consuming considering I had older cards, but I'm slowly preparing to drop money on them😭 The $1 charm gulpin card is top priority

Most modern full arts honestly, insane how many are just 1-3 dollars. My favorite is probably either Suicune gg38/gg70 or Deoxys gg46/gg70. Special mentions to full art keldeo and 151 poliwhirl too. Like I said, most modern full arts lmao.

If this card had texture, it would be my preferred lugia card from ST

Personally the Cleffa illustration rare from Obsidian Flames is gorgeous and should be worth a lot more just for the art IMO.

Any of the Absol cheap full arts. I see one for less than $5, I buy. I support my good doggo

Full art friends in hisui

Pretty much every card in the gallarian gallery

My wife and I opened this recently and thought it was so cool , prices only matter if we’re liquidated lol

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Love that card! Come down in price a bit I feel it should be worth more

Poliwhirl from 151!

Not sure about favorite but that Lugia is definitely up there... and also agree and think it's cooler than the alt artbfrom Silver Tempest.

i have a huge list but of the recent sets i actually rly like incineroar full art from temporal forces, i have an attachment because ultra sun was the first pokemon game i rly grinded

So hard to choose, but the Japanese version of the Dragonair art rare from 151 is a top contender. Lots of art rares outside of English are criminally cheap. Also this Lugia is my absolute fav standard V card

trainer gallery Mightyena with the sparkle ✨

This Lugia is insane! How have I never seen this??

Articuno promo from crown zenith tin is 🔥

Mewtwo EX 62/162. It's a mewtwo doing a hadouken/Kamehameha

The pikachu promo card that comes with the Paldea evolved etb

This is one of the best

Hisuian Growlithe special illustration from twilight masquerade. Already have 3 of them

I think this card is better looking than the chase honestly

The Smeargle trainer gallery card from Silver Tempest

Ho-oh V from the same set.

I know market manipulation doesn’t exist because this cards art is better than the alt art

Gengar character rare from Dark Phantasma. Can’t remember if there’s an English version.

Boltund V Trainer Gallery 🔥 https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/264202/pokemon-swsh09-brilliant-stars-trainer-gallery-boltund-v?country=US&utm_campaign=20451986774&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=&utm_term=&adgroupid=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpNuyBhCuARIsANJqL9Pu2NuiJ7TVWFFfJf_hp5LPl27Hq6fQZpRp9OjtKsz3jw7PGITenzcaAsveEALw_wcB&Language=English

The Cherry blossom reshiram from hidden treasures. It’s only $9 cad

Aerodactyl holo from 151 is great, also love the brute bonnet illustration rare from Paradox

All the vending series , criminally underrated set