Summary
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket’sartists are using the game to really express themselves. Early on, it was discovered thatone card was like a game of Where’s Waldo,but using Dittos. After the release ofMythical Island, players also found thatseveralcards contained a hidden Mew.
Now, half a year after the game was released, another Pokemon TCG Pocket player has found that one artist has been hiding Poke Balls in every card they’ve designed.
Artist Saya Tsuruta Has Been Having Fun With Their Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Designs
Artist Saya Tsuruta has been prominent in the Pokemon TCG scene for a while. They’ve illustratedover 130 cardsdating back to 2007’sDiamond and Pearl Secret Wonders expansion, and in recent times, have designed some famous alternate art and other special cards.
Naturally, given their tenure, Tsuruta has been drafted to design cards for DeNA’s Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket, where, so far, they’ve created five, including three fromGenetic Apex, Koffing, Horsea, and Cloyster, and two from Mythical Island, Mew and Morelull.
On the surface, these five cards don’t particularly have anything in common. Sure, four are from Kanto, but other than that, it’s just a normal spread of cards. However, one TCG Pocket player,Weekly-Zucchini-8822, has found that Tsuruta has been hiding a Poke Ball in the background of each and every design.
In the Horsea card, the Poke Ball is seen deep underwater. In the Koffing, it’s part of the minimalist cityscape. Mew’s Ball, which is the hardest to spot, is part of the card’s background, as is Morelull’s, and the Cloyster Poke Ball is disguised cleverly as a bubble.
It’s a credit to Tsuruta that these five cards have all been in the game since last year, but the Poke Balls have only just been spotted now. It’ll be interesting to see if, now the gig is up, the artist continues to hide them away. It also begs the question whether other artists have done anything similar, but I’m sure curious TCG Pocket players will be combing through them all again now.
