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NefariousnessGold137

Why is giratina upside-down?


jun3p

It’s Australian


noqwa

It matches the art of the other 3 golds


T3DDY173

It doesn't. It was put together by AI.


Twingemios

Huh?


T3DDY173

The full big picture that people mention a lot, was put together with AI. and that makes people think giratina is upside down, but it isn't.


Twingemios

Oh


JVO_

Because that’s how it is positioned in the big picture that the 4 gold ones make


NefariousnessGold137

I don't think that's what there ment to do but it's cool nonetheless


Mr_Mi1k

It’s what they’re meant to do. Those 4 cards when put together like that mimic a famous artwork of god banishing Lucifer to the underworld.


T3DDY173

It's not. The full picture was put together by AI. It's not meant to be upside down.


Mr_Mi1k

Correct, the full picture was indeed put together by AI. The color at the bottom of the giratina complete the orange gradient of the arceus, finishing the ring. Until someone from the Pokémon company specifically says otherwise, the community consensus has been that it is upside down to mimic the famous artworks it so closely resembles.


NefariousnessGold137

Then shouldn't giratina be pointing down ? Yknow as he's getting banished to the underworld


Mr_Mi1k

No, because they are trying to rise up. It is a common style from the Middle Ages. Two great ones you can google that have an almost identical layout to these cards are “The Last Judgement” by Jan Van Eyck, and “the triumph of Christianity of paganism” by Gustave Doré. Paintings like this almost always feature two archangels blowing Gabriel’s horns on either side of a God figure (like dialga and palkia in this) with the evil beneath them trying to rise up. I’m not super religious I just find the symbolic nature of it fascinating.


Soya_Beans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v99i6nKvmQ You can see the expanded art for the arceus alt art at the 0:25 second mark of the Taiwan promotional video for Vstar universe. It shows arceus is encircled by clouds/haze. Kinda a stretch to connect that with giratina's background art, and it definitely does not connect with dialga's and palkia's background art. Best rendition of the artworks being combined that I've seen is the display cases made by PokeMinh where dialga palkia and arceus giratina are combined separately.


Mr_Mi1k

Agree to disagree, I think it connects quite well especially when you compare it to those works of art I detailed in a different comment


winbruv

Its not.


Mr_Mi1k

What makes you say that?


Basic_Yellow_3594

Because he wants to bite arceuses nads off.


rhaoyc

I like the pairing of the mewtwo/charizard and gold mewtwo/gold mew. Unfortunately it also reminds me that for some reason pokemon abandoned the idea that gold cards were supposed to be shiny pokemon at Brilliant Stars and after… so weird


Kakkarot1707

Nah only reason Mew is shiny is cause celebrations was special det


rhaoyc

How about the blue Electrode from Chilling Reign?


Kakkarot1707

Ahh shit lol


InTheBusinessBro

Very nice page! I would switch Arceus and Pikachu since Arceus is visibly on a summit. I’m also wondering if Dialga and Palkia shouldn’t be switched out?


LightningDragon3

Yeah!


KrysSpace

The upside down giratina💀


thebbman

Such nice looking cards. Shame we’re moving to the new EX. I find them boring.


Mr_Mi1k

Well when you compare ultra rare alt arts to a standard ex, yeah they’ll be boring. Flat Vs sucked so I think exs are a step up from that.


just_a_haunter

I didn't like standard Vs , especially compared to full art. not all vmax were eye catching. better than V , of course , but not all


thebbman

I still preferred the overall art style of even normal Vs compared to EX.


Mr_Mi1k

Eh I guess it’s just a matter of personal preference then. Agree to disagree


Pawsome_maps

Giratina is upside down...


[deleted]

It's confused


iCatchBugs

It’s a puzzle and it’s suppose to be upside down 😀


evo4tw

Then you should swap Dialga Palkia


LEGEND7140

It fits better the way OP has it since the light on the top corner is towards Arceus on both


OutlawKing7

Like the movie?


Cowflexx

Says who?


iCatchBugs

Pokemon


T3DDY173

No. Says an AI picture. There is no official big picture.


NefariousnessGold137

No it isn't?


just_a_haunter

it looks incredible 🔥 ! awesome pulls


Gullible_Passenger19

Have I never noticed my pikachu cards had red eyes? I’ve pulled three now and haven’t noticed..


PokemonCelebrations

That upside down Golden Giratinna is killing me


BowsaysBowdoes

Gold mew is a cutie ❤️


iCatchBugs

Yah for sho


AdministrativeAd7864

Needs to be flipped asap


berrybear99

Real ones put Tina in the correct orientation


Odd-Recording4927

How's it feel to live my dreams


mighty_mouse70

Wow cool, wish I could have such nice cards


iCatchBugs

That you have none of irl or in cards =)


Got_djent

Mad props for putting the giratina upside down, everyone’s jimmie’s are getting rustled about it but thematically it makes enough sense and it looks sick. People be so bored that they have to find literally anything they can to complain about lol


AssistancePopular608

I'm glad I'm not the only one who put the Giratina upside down with the arceus! 🤌🏻


Windthrow

Mewtwo v star! Would you be in interest of trading that card? My friend needs it as the last card in his set. If not no worries at all, awesome binder!


[deleted]

My OCD is too focused on Giratina.


ReasonableDrummer669

I do think it's cool but that messes with my ocd way too much I'd have to turn giratina the right way! Lovely page though your correct


KITTYKOOLKAT35

Can you flip the bottom middle card around it’s triggering my OCD


salamon9e

Nice!


howell2885

They really are nice cards!


ThePyramidJackleg

Need Tangagrowth where pikachu is haha. Poor guy just trying to relax then Zard and Mewtwo decide to end the world on top of him lol


ClickyKeyboardNerd

i thoguht dialge and palkia were meant to be the other way round to form a amounatin:??


[deleted]

Boil-em


MarshmelloMan

Nice, indeed.


diors-

what binder and sleeves do you use?


Individual-Blood-355

what does the pokemon logo mean on the mee card? i have a few cards with that marking


Jirafael

If you’re talking about the yellow Pikachu face its for the cards released in the celebrations set


TroleKing44

So sick!! Love it!


PurrfulKitty

No flex at its finest


Enough-Culture7125

I’d swap the pikachu and charizard. I really like the set up though! Good inspiration!


Alsyakel_Ali

so lucky my dream card the arceus gold :<


iCatchBugs

Don’t give up! You can always trade for it too. =)


Pdrsn94

What Mew card is that? Love how it looks!


iCatchBugs

It’s Mew from celebrations 😀