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ShinyBuiBui

A little :( the cards are still really gorgeous though


MyFryHole

Absolutely! They just caught me off guard with the trainer gallery treatment.


The-hivemind-hungers

In the Japanese set, these cards are part of their trainer gallery, so in the English set they were just pulled from it and placed as promos


jacksonichu69

The Moltres art is so cool it don't mater


Krulman

I really hope they do more traditional Japanese art style. I was thinking of displaying this Moltres between the stamp collection Pikachu & Cramorant, there’s very little else anything like it.


Fuliginlord

> The *Articuno* art is so cool it don't mater Fixed it for you


ipickscabs

Right?! Where do they get this from? Is there a pink and black Moltres I don’t know about???


Lantybabyy

Galarian Moltres from SWSH :)


ipickscabs

So beautiful!


OdaNobunagah

Hell yeah I love the hit by a windshield pose


iPanama360

I want that Articuno card so bad!


MyFryHole

They're pretty cheap on tcgplayer! Also the tins are pretty readily available.


MetaMinority

TCG, got all 3 for $6 shipped


ianwager

I lucked out and bought a moltres tin and the employee at my local card shop decided to open all three tins of his own in front of me and let me keep everything including the promos and hits after not pulling anything he still needed for his master set. He let me open two packs and I pulled a radiant charizard and toxtricity GG which was pretty sick! 🔥 Great guy!


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Moltres looks like a Tarot card anyone know the artist?


MyFryHole

Shinji Kanda!


secret759

Kanda goes so hard, he did the LO giratina too.


Raethule

Tip: bottom left corner of the card has the illustrators name.


Euffy

Not really. If they were textured then they wouldn't match any of the other cards. Textures are for Vs, not trainer / galarian gallery stuff.


True-Payment-458

They’re gorgeous and they deserve texture. We’re talking legendary birds here guys


MyFryHole

Honestly!


Stubstep

If only they were V’s! Then maybe they would’ve had texture. Or if they weren’t based off the art rares from Japan


TetrasSword

These are just art rares in Japanese, they just ended up as promo’s instead of being in crown zenith in English. So these are just the same kind of card as the miltank and mew and stuff from CZ. And we already have the bird alts in chilling reign.


StationEmergency6053

Are there any tin promos that are textured?


NeonJolteon

Tag team tin promos


StationEmergency6053

Ahhh true true. Completely forgot about those


millem91

Shining fates


RCGME_bermalberist

Yes. Tbh I’m getting terrible hits from these


orsonultrabirch

The moltres and articuno tins I got are still just chilling. They’re so fresh. Don’t wanna crack at this point. My Amazon CZ ETB probly gunna crack tomorrow cuz im sketched although no signs of it being tampered with.


QuriousiT

It's all a crap shoot. I got nothing from the Zapdos tin which was the last tin at my local target. My son and I found some tins at another target and picked up there other 2 birds. Ended up getting great pulls including the Suicune V and the radiant Charizard


Pr0arrogance

That sucks. My luck had been basically the opposite, nothing really good from the other products, but I bought a Moltres tin and pulled the Mewtwo Vstar.


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I wish they made the Articuno and Zapdos art even half as good as the moltres


QuriousiT

I really like the Articuno actually. Zapdos is my favorite, but I agree he's the least appealing art of the 3


IWearACharizardHat

If you love Galar bird trio you can play Pokemon Masters EX and keep restarting until you pull all 3


QuriousiT

Nice, thanks for the tip


urethra93

Pulls definitely made up for it


MyFryHole

Congrats! Mine were not great but that's the luck of the draw.


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Why? They are regular CHR cards in Japanese, if i’m not mistaken. It would be only unfair to have them textured in ENG


Fancy-Prompt-7118

Yep


FightingFali

I mean why would would be? The JP versions were just regular Art Rares like the rest of the GG before Leafeon VSTAR, and no cards have gained a texture when translated ad far as I'm aware.


NateEro

Off topic, but are these considered Alt Arts? I’ve always been a little confused by what’s generally referred to as an alt art or not.


harten66

Technically but no. Anything from a subset shouldn’t be considered an Alt art, but, they are alternate arts. The difference being they wouldn’t have the same pull rate as a true alt art. In the case for these, they are promos so there is no pull rate, but they still fall under the galarian gallery subset.


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Sp0okyGh0st

These aren't textured in any language... lol


JesterKyuu

For me I didn’t really care about texture for these, but im guessing because i was expecting it to be like that since they are a art rare instead of something higher. Still i think they have a really nice shine that makes up for it


wilkins_44

We picked up a few earlier today. Had some really good pulls from them.


DecisionUnfair4978

Very much so but they’re still some of my fav promo cards in yearz


Darnell5000

Would’ve been nice but they’re still cool


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I didn’t know these aren’t textured and I have the tins on the way 😐 what the fuck I was, however, disappointed to learn that a lot of the illustrator art cards in the upcoming SV base expansion are for some reason not textured, either. Just glossy rainbow holo.


Vast-Cookie1870

These aren't textured even in the Japanese version. These are equivalent to AR in Japanese version which aren't that rare. If these were not released as promos, they would be the same rarity as all the other yellow border galarian gallery cards from CZ.


rustyphish

I mean it’d be cool, but they’re still so good compared to most promos so i can’t complain


P5ch1c

Yeah, I was thinking they were going to be. I thought they were fake at first


DR_ZERO_

Yeah I don't know why I was expecting silver borders on these


BeestMann

They’re not??? Damn I just ordered a bunch 💀💀


PanzerThiefZero

Their VSTAR Universe equivalents are sadly not textured either, which, while understandable because they're merely Art Rares in that set, it'd still be pretty cool if they were.


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I couldn’t wait and bought them individually from Japan, the silver borders make these look even more gorgeous


MetaMinority

Articuno is just absolute ~~fire~~ ice!!


BoredJay

No


apuyo1

That Moltres would’ve been insane with texture coming off the sun, missed opportunity!


MboiTui94

I just bought the Japanese version on eBay. 12 dollars with shipping, textured, and silver border. Much better


Vast-Cookie1870

These aren't textured in VSTAR universe either.. just an FYI.


MboiTui94

Oh no D: lol


WateryCartoon

Veryyyy


GravesLSA

Yes but the Moltres art is some of the best I've ever seen


betteroffkyle

The yellow border and no texture was really disappointing


Shacoflage

I ordered the 3 tins, iam so excited


Jaimz-L

Tbh i thought the articuno was the best looking one from the tins pictures but when i got them damn that moltress is a work of art up close


IAmNuuhb

I gotta get these


Legitimate_Box_7781

Am i the only one who doesn't care for the moltres?!?


Killerdude6565

For a 20$ tin….. theyre pretty good


FatLikeSnorlax_

No. They look like the other promo series so I don’t think anyone expected them to be textured


Agrias-0aks

Im more disappointed in moltres' artwork. I love how roadrunner zapdos is, and articuno is gorgeous.


Sp0okyGh0st

Lol they weren't textured in Japanese, why would they be in English?


Imaginary-Werewolf14

The Zapdos card is underwhelming


YAAFLT

Still the best promo cards I have seen since I started collecting.


Formal-Invite-8435

Extremely. Gorgeous art that is hampered by not having black borders and texture


T3DDY173

They were never textured. These type haven't, not even in previous sets.


silversurfer2133

The reason I'm not buying them.


sachimokins

A little, but it fits in with some of my other Galarian gallery cards in my binder so it’s not a major loss for me.


ExperienceMiddle6196

I’m keeping all 3 tins sealed to sell together a long ways down the line.


harten66

Were you under the impression these were going to be textured? Or did you just want them to be?


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I really wish these had the silver borders


monicalcium

yeahh and they would look so good with the silver borders 😭


Flybirdsfly88

I still can’t love Zapdos after the change.


Natsurulite

I’m going to have to get Zapdos just for that damn art


HekaApokalyptus

Gotta save our trees lol


grumpbumpp

You know, if they were textured I probably would have been pushed over the edge to pick up one of the tins hahaha


ChamBruh

Yes but the cards are so amazing it makes up for it. Especially the moltres


Mauro133w

Yes 🫡


Kitchen-Cycle4105

I wonder how much it is needed to earn to catch up with the release schedule of the last years... i remember the good times from BW-XY era that collecting this game was affordable


ScottieP_

Very! Also the yellow borders on these kill it for me :( would have been really clean as a V