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5ban Graphics — signature work
5G Cynthia’s Garchomp ex · Destined Rivals · 2025
Illustrator 2011 – 2025

5ban Graphics

5ban Graphics has been credited on Pokémon TCG cards from 2011 through 2025, spanning series such as XY, Sun & Moon, and Sword & Shield. The work centers on digital illustration with action-forward, focused compositions and vibrant, contrasting color.

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Main period
2011 – 2025
Cards illustrated
1,582
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$430.74
Victini · 2025
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About the artist

5ban Graphics is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game artwork from 2011 to 2025, with more than 1,500 cards across series including XY, Sun & Moon, and Sword & Shield. The dataset also includes Trainer and Energy illustrations, reflecting a broad range of card subjects alongside Pokémon-focused work.

Across these credits, the visual approach is predominantly digital, often leaning into dynamic, energetic staging with focused, balanced layouts. Color is frequently vibrant and contrasting, supporting clear silhouettes and action-oriented framing; layered scenes appear alongside simpler, central presentations when the design calls for direct emphasis. A mix of illustrative and stylized rendering—sometimes with a 3D-render finish—keeps forms crisp and readable while maintaining playful intensity. One highlighted card is Mew-EX. Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by 5ban Graphics is Dialga-EX.

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Best cards by 5ban Graphics

Curated reading of the corpus — composition, atmosphere, and lasting standing.

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Cynthia’s Garchomp ex

Destined Rivals

Cynthia’s Garchomp ex 2025
Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX

Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery

Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX 2022
Espeon VMAX

Evolving Skies

Espeon VMAX 2021
Slowking ex

Paldea Evolved

Slowking ex 2023
Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX

Chilling Reign

Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX 2021
Lapras VMAX

Sword & Shield

Lapras VMAX 2020
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with 5ban Graphics’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where 5ban Graphics’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Water
    167
  2. Psychic
    163
  3. Fire
    154
  4. Grass
    152
  5. Darkness
    132
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Iconic cards

Cards that travel beyond the archive — defining works, frequently cited.

Victini

Victini

Black Bolt 2025
Victini

Victini

White Flare 2025
Reshiram ex

Reshiram ex

White Flare 2025
Mewtwo & Mew-GX

Mewtwo & Mew-GX

Unified Minds 2019
§ VII

The full archive

12 of 500 cards · every credit, every era.

Empoleon ex

Phantasmal Flames

Empoleon ex 2025
Empoleon ex

Phantasmal Flames

Empoleon ex 2025
Mega Gengar ex

Phantasmal Flames

Mega Gengar ex 2025
Mega Heracross ex

Phantasmal Flames

Mega Heracross ex 2025
Mega Heracross ex

Phantasmal Flames

Mega Heracross ex 2025
Mega Lopunny ex

Phantasmal Flames

Mega Lopunny ex 2025
Mega Lopunny ex

Phantasmal Flames

Mega Lopunny ex 2025
Mega Sharpedo ex

Phantasmal Flames

Mega Sharpedo ex 2025
Mega Sharpedo ex

Phantasmal Flames

Mega Sharpedo ex 2025
Mismagius ex

Phantasmal Flames

Mismagius ex 2025
Mismagius ex

Phantasmal Flames

Mismagius ex 2025
Oricorio ex

Phantasmal Flames

Oricorio ex 2025