![]() ![]() Charizard V from Sword & Shield – Brilliant Stars which showed a battle between two iconic Kanto favorites.Espeon VMAX and Gengar VMAX from Sword & Shield – Fusion Strike, two monster chase cards.Rayquaza V from Sword & Shield – Evolving Skies which harkened back to Character Rares by including Zinnia and indeed teased the arrival of Character Super Rares the following year.Moltres V from Sword & Shield – Chilling Reign which showed how unique the art styles of these cards could be.Tyranitar V from Sword & Shield – Battle Styles which kicked off the Alt Art craze.The card has become worth over $500 and sits as the most valuable chase card of this era of the Pokémon TCG. Illustrated by KEIICHIRO ITO, this card showed Dynamax Umbreon reaching for the moon. The card that has to take the winning slot, though, is of course… Alternate Art cards. ![]() This card showed Dynamax Sylveon become so huge that Vaporeon, Marchadow, and a bunch of Eevees are playing on its ribbons as if it is an amusement park ride. My personal favorite Alternate Art of the Sword & Shield era is the Sylveon VMAX Alternate Art by Taira Akitsu. Vaporeon, Flareon, and Jolteon got Alternate Art V and VMAX cards as SWSH Black Star Promos in special premium collections and Espeon VMAX Alt Art was moved to Sword & Shield – Fusion Strike. This set contained Alternate Art Vs of all Eeveelutions except Vaporeon, Flareon, and Jolteon and all Alternate Art VMAXes except those three and Espeon. The biggest set of this series block was Sword & Shield – Evolving Skies, and pack openings were largely an Eeveelution chase. It is no surprise that the popular Eeveelutions will be the crowning Alternate Arts of the Sword & Shield era. ![]()
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