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The Ghost Beneath the Smile Among Pokemon’s most mysterious designs, Mimikyu 198/SM-P stands apart — a 2018 Japanese promo from the Sun & Moon Promos collection, drawn by the talented Saya Tsuruta. It’s not a powerful GX, nor a flashy EX. It’s quiet, pink, and unsettlingly sweet — and that’s precisely what makes it unforgettable. While collectors chase Charizards and […]

The 1996 Bulbasaur card, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, marked the true beginning of Pokemon’s visual universe. Before Charizard’s flames or Pikachu’s sparks, there was life, green, calm, and quietly powerful. It was the moment when the Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG) found its artistic soul. The first breath of Pokemon TCG art The Bulbasaur Base Set card […]