KEIICHIRO ITO
56 cards illustrated by KEIICHIRO ITO.
If you only know one card by ITO, it's the big one: "Moonbreon," the alternate-art Umbreon VMAX from Evolving Skies — Umbreon perched on a clock tower, reaching up toward a huge full moon. It's not just a card, it's the single most chased modern Pokémon card there is, the crown jewel of the entire Sword & Shield era, and it sells for eye-watering money. What makes it sing is how painterly and cinematic it is — it feels more like a framed illustration than a trading card. ITO doesn't have a huge catalogue, but when a chase-card slot came up, they made history with it.
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