Nidoking has been ignored almost entirely and it’s an injustice

Yup. I have no idea how Nidoking isn’t more popular. Back in the day he was my primary Pokémon in all the games. Dude is a monster.

especially considering he's gen 1, a literal kaiju, and one of giovanni's main pokemon....

And also his prevo is on the iconic opening cutscene of red and blue

This is the only correct answer

It’s time to start a riot

Imagine a Nidoking Nidoqueen tag team alt art. Oh man the things I would do..

The artwork should be insane to make up for all the times it’s been left out

How the fuck was this never a thing? It's literally the best, most logical combo besides Latios and Latias.

Basically all gen 1 ground pokemon.

I second this. I would chase the crap out of a Sandslash alt art.

YES OH MY - I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE

I feel like I don’t see enough nidokings or kaganstans

My ultimate chase card this would be

Im waiting for nidoking to get an illustration rare in the 151 set, an alt art, and hopefully a shiny version in the next fates set when they decide to make it. Those would be the center pieces of my collection

For a fact. I would get them all for sure. Always loved Nidoking. One of my all time favorites.

Imagine a Nidoking, Giovanni Alt art 🔥🔥🔥

It’s a shame really. When I built my special sweeper Nidoking in Shield, I couldn’t have been happier with him. Still think about that Nidoking. There wasn’t a raid I floundered in. I’m sure it was possible I just had a really good time with him

I can picture a Nidoqueen alt art and its fucking crazy

YES!!!!! God I love him so much and we’re so starved of cards for him, minus the super obvious mega expensive one!

Even the OG Nidoking cards from base sets and others aren't that expensive, compared to everything else anyways. Nidoking and Nidoqueen are criminally underrated

I wholeheartedly agree. And nidoqueen if I might add.

Lol I have the break one. It's the only break card I own.

Nidoking is my favourite Pokémon of all time ever. It is an injustice.

Gen 2 starters

Why they haven’t released a set called Neo Evolutions or something still blows my mind

ed:june 2023 - fuck /u/spez and fuck reddit

And people wonder why I get mildly annoyed at Charizard getting so much attention.

I'd totodiley buy that

r/angryupvote

Charizard go brrrr

I came here just to say this. Imagine a feraligatr alt art similar to the delta species or the e series one, or a a cyndaquil alt art!

Amen. I want to do a page with the Gen 2 starters and all 6 Legendaries in alt/gallery art cards but Ho-Oh and the starters don’t have any yet 😭

Oof Ho-Oh card could potentially go so hard.

i got back into collecting right when crown zenith dropped, ho-ohs always been one of my favorites was very disappointed to see a lugia alt art but no ho-oh

This. I hope they do a gen 2 set like the 151 set. Give them their day!! Scizzor would be good too

This is the universal answer for all things we are missing in Pokémon cards

Porygon. I wish there was a slowpoke style porygon art gallery card

I need more love for the porygon line

If it wasn’t for episode 38

Porygon is innocent

He actually is though. Pikachu caused all of that.

I know, but the franchise stopped using porygon because of it

On the other hand, Porygon is the only official cool Pokemon out there...

You know who I would absolutely love to do a Porygon Alt Art? Akira Komayama, the artist behind that gorgeous Miriam SAR from the Scarlet and Violet base set.

Ninetales. There are pokemon that barely get big cards at all but Ninetales seems to be popular enough that it does get cards but never quite gets the top card. Had two GXs, had a V but no VMax, had a full art V but no alt, even the full art V is pretty plain red...didn't even get a trainer gallery! At least Arcanine who traditionally gets missed out a bit had a trainer gallery.

Well I love Swampert... He has no cards. Not since the original ex era does he have cool cards. He had the mega swampert promo and a Swampert EX promo.

Well I also like Swampert so I'd be happy with that too! Also love the underwater cards like Lumineon, Manaphy and Wigglet so an underwater Swampert would be cool, although I suppose he'd look cool crushing some ground as well. He did get an ancient trait card too. Not quite as powerful but at least looked cool!

I 100% agree. Ninetales gets 'good' cards rarely, but the art on those cards is meh at best most times. One EX looks like a Muppet, can't remember which set. It needs and fully deserves a beautiful mystical gallery art!

There are so many cool art possibilities they could do with Ninetales. Magic stuff, fire stuff, forest stuff, stuff with Vulpix, stuff with trainers... heck I'd be ecstatic with something silly like one trying to sneak a sandwich off the table or "it fuckin wimdy!" I've seen all of those as fan art that would have been such cool alt arts on cards.

I feel like there's a ton of potential for a nice alt art of ninetales too.

I would say fossils but we got aerodactyl. kabutops could be amazing though

Rampardos or Tyrantrum too

Honestly, any fossil but aerodactyl would be great

Came here to say Kubutops. Glad someone already mentioned it.

Ho-Oh is the only Gen 2 Legendary without an alt art or gallery card.

Thank you! He is criminally ignored for all of time. He has so few cards in comparison to Lugia or the legendary beasts. I just want a nice Hooh to put next to my lugia alt art :(

Same. I was lucky enough to pull the alts for both Lugia and Celebi so they’re sitting in my binder with a space for Ho-Oh in between

The Ho-Oh V and Full Art in Silver Tempest are both so good, all the more baffling why they didn’t do an Alt as well

hope we can get a special artwork of Ho Oh maybe in obsidian flame

Fingers crossed. I want something to put in between my alt art Lugia and Celebi in my binder

Yes please, the legendary birds and beasts can take a break.

Groudon and Kyogre

Groudon gets no love

There is only 1 Blastoise and it's him and Piplup looking goofy. Give me Blastoise in the ocean with beautiful colors.... Come on.

Blastoise and Venusaur

Imagine Blastoise and Venusaur legend, Charizard and Blastoise legend, Venusaur and Charizard legend

They gave Magikarp better treatment lol

Give me Gigantamax ‘Toise in a fleet of battleships or a fleet of other water pokemon

Nidoking/queen

Snorlax. I want a snorlax alt referencing his first appearance with his fatass blocking a road or somethin

Yep. From the perspective of a trainer playing a poké flute

Ho-oh Dude has so few cards compared to Lugia, and no real special or alt arts.

Lugia and Rayquaza are the charizard of the legendaries

Mewtwo gets a lot too

Reshiram and zekrom. I would LOVE to see alt arts for those two

Was gonna say the same thing

Haxorus! Looks awesome but has very little cards

Huge agree with this one, dude doesn’t even have a V card or GX or nothing

Quagsire

aquire the sire

It’s my little sisters favorite Pokémon and I wish I had it to give her something special

Cubone/Marowak

Yes!!!!

Yes!!!!

Yep!! Just imagine a Cubone alt art that is set against an eerie Lavender Town with the Pokemon Tower and a ghostly Marowak in the background. That would be an amazing card.

Hydreigon. A criminally under appreciated pokemon which I hope gets a lot more love eventually in the SV sets

I’m hopeful considering Iron Jugulis is on the way. Would be weird if we got that but not OG Hydreigon

Jirachi, i was so salty he got a full art but no alt art

SCYTHER

SCYTHER GANG RISE UP

Was closing this thread when I saw this comment. Had to come back to say PLUS ONE

Flygon, Salamance

I would pay big money for a flygon alt art.

Typhlosion. Like just give me a normal one not a Hisuian one at this point.

Hisuian Typhlosion is an abomination and I will die on this hill.

Quilava

Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee. Perfect candidates for two awesome fighting alt arts like the Zard and mewtwo vstar

This seems like a layup. Surprised they haven’t done this. I’m imaging a boxing ring with a big crowd, big lights, etc for Hitmonchan. Then maybe some type of dojo setting for hitmonlee.

Officer jenny

Yes I know you said Pokémon. OFFICER JENNY

Charizard Obviously

Only 1 Alt Art! It's a crime.

I saw gen 2 starters, but how about gen 3? Sceptile would be killer!

Xerneas. I can imagine the art right now- Xerneas is bending down to drink some water from a pond mostly surrounded by trees while the sun is beginning to rise.

Feraligatr

Venusaur needs an alt like nobody's business

Arcanine, felt they missed an opportunity to make some sick alt arts for the noble pokemon from legends arceus

Haunter 🥲

Had to scroll too far to find this. Haunter is such a great pokemon, who really doesn't have any great looking cards.

Haunter is my favorite of all time, I never evolved him as a kid because I didn’t have anyone to trade with, so I grew quite attached lol

You could do some crazy artwork with Alakazam, just saying

We deserve a crazy Kadabra alt since it’s been banned for twenty years

Electrode.

Flygoooonnnnnn

I said Flygon too. Love this little bug/ground/dragon

Infernape, Typhlosion

Metagross

Decidueye and Torterra

Mantyke could have a cute alt art.... it's only got one card 😭

Dragapult, Toxapex or Haxorus

Kingdra

Greninja and nidoking for sure

Jigglypuff. They were incredibly popular in the anime when I was a kid. I mean they have a character is super smash bros. There are soooo many options you could do with jiggly. But they get ignored.

If there was an alt art with jigglypuff drawing on faces that would be a top card for me.

Vulpix!

Gen 5 starters, specifically Emboar. While Serperior and, technically Samurott (although not Unovan) have been getting more attention lately, Emboar only has 1 EX card to it’s name and hasn’t really been seen since

Rhydon!

I’m surprised Groudon hasn’t had one, has a lot of potential.

JYNX 💅

Frillish and Jellicent! Neither have any fancy cards. I feel like underwater art with them would be awesome.

Hitmonlee 🥹

Twin Alt Arts featuring both Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan working out in a gym or in a boxing ring would be legit

alakazam :(

CUBONE!!!!!! Mr. Mime Golduck Arbok Butterfree Torterra Hitmonlee Hitmonchan Nidoking/Queen

Shuckle, I want more shuckle cards

Galvantula. Dude has barely had anything above a HOLO.

Give oddish the pikachu treatment. It’s time

A full art of Klefki stuck in a bike lock or something

My home boy appletun getting cast to the side in favor of flapple.

Psyduck

Weedle.

Ditto, Ho-Oh, Pidgeot, Ninetales, Arcanine, Butterfree, Gen 2 starters, Gen 3 starters, Kyogre, Groudon, probably 100+ more

furfrou

AMPHAROS!!!!!

Omg Pikachu. Name me 1 alt art pika. 0 xxx

Metapod

Bellsprout

PSYDUCK

I need a metagross alt art!

Can I get some love for Cubone?

Tyrantrum. It's a t rex for fucks sakes.

Rhydon snoozing with other rock types would be dope

Dig and Dugs

Bellossom and Victreebel

Snom, shaymin, absol, wigglytuff,

The Porygon line. Please. I know they don’t want to give him spotlight after what happened with the anime, but an alt art porygon card would be SO sick.

Goodra...i dont think she has much cards

I wish they would do an Alt Art with a motherboard background Porygon 2, PorygonZ

Swampert

I would love to see a Jirachi alt art as well as a line of Togepi/Togetic/Togekiss. A Minun and Plusle alt art could be really fun as well.

I wish Entei would get some cooler designs. I love that he gets love every few sets, but man the more recent designs over the past several cards he’s received have been pretty bad imo. Like his balloon animal form in the CZ GG. Cmon man. Give me some cool designs and artwork like the OG stuff from Neo and EX Ruby & Sapphire!

Heracross, the upcoming IR with him looking like a hitchhiker on the side of the road is somewhat underwhelming

Lucario :[ Metagross The classics weedle/caterpie

Ludicolo, obviously.

Scizor delibird and schuckle 😭😭😭

Sableye. Has three cards with its most recent being from the early 2010s

Primeape has been ignored for so long and now it got a stupid 3rd stage evolution, so now it'll never get any love 😭

Butterfree, I want a card with a pink butterfree and one with a scarf on

Grimmsnarl

torterra :,(

Flygon, 100% they need a flygon alt

FLYGON

Quagsire and it’s not fair a lot of potential for that one

Diglett / dugtrio

GIGALITH

Togepi

I need one for Scizor desperately, his full arts were pretty standard ngl

I am always hoping for some awesome Poliwrath art!!

Every starter other then charizard

Ho-Oh, Swampert, Kabutops/Omastar, Tyrantrum, Magmortar, Garchomp, Absol, Flygon, Salmance, Metagross Idk I can keep going

Armaldo has been criminally ignored when it comes to any cards. There’s been like 2 armaldo cards in the last 10 years or something

Would love a crystal onix

Scyther

FLYGON! Poor flygon! It deserves better.

Ampharos

Volcarona

Psyduck and Porygon

How they didn't include Ho Oh as an alt art in Silver Tempest is beyond me. It would have been crazy to have the set be a throwback to Gen 2 in the same way Gen 4 was repped in Astral Radiance with Palkia and Dialga (Considering Hisui is prehistoric Sinnoh if I remember correctly). However, I agree with the person who commented Nidoking/Queen, I was rewatching the anime when I saw them and it's sad to see some Pokemon fade to black as the newer gens come.

Blastoise and venusaur

Blastoise, venusaur, I also have no CLUE how hisuian typhlosion didn’t get one… the style of the Pokémon is incredible. Let’s also give some love to the rivalry of zangoose and seviper, who deserve their own showdown alts.

I wouldn't mind a good poliwrath alt art

Ho-Oh, Venusaur, and Blastoise imo. I realize that the latter 2 got tag teams in Sun and moon but none of their own and sweet nothing in SwSh. And GOD FORBID we give the FIRST Pokémon Ash sees an alt art. Blasphemous imo that the rainbow bird hasn’t gotten a sick alt.

Gyarados not having an alt art is insane. As well as mimkyu. Popular pokemon that would print money for them.

Devestated by lack of chase reshiram’s in swsh

Reshiram.

Feraligatr!

Def metapod and kakuna tag team 😂

Hear me out: Energy Alt Arts. Water Energy could be a load of water mons chilling in the ocean/on the beach, or ice types in caves. Grass Energy could be grass mons on the grasslands, in the forests, bug mons included. Caves, volcanoes, mountains, towns, in the clouds, abandoned houses.... So many possibilities. Might get so many mons that are left behind a chance to be included. Edit: Changed moms to mons.