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EY Enhanced Hammer · Twilight Masquerade · 2024
Illustrator 2011 – 2025

Eske Yoshinob

Eske Yoshinob has illustrated Pokémon TCG cards from 2011 to 2025, spanning the Black & White, XY, and Sword & Shield eras. The work leans into digital, action-forward compositions with focused staging, energetic mood, and vibrant, high-contrast color.

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Main period
2011 – 2025
Cards illustrated
177
Most represented era
XY
Most valuable card
$122.79
Mew-EX · 2013
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About the artist

Eske Yoshinob is credited on Pokémon TCG illustrations from 2011 through 2025, with substantial presence across the XY series and continued work into Sword & Shield, alongside credits in Black & White. Frequent appearances include sets such as XY Black Star Promos, BREAKpoint, and Evolving Skies, reflecting a long-running cadence of character and Trainer-focused cards.

Across the catalog, Yoshinob’s images read as digitally built and dynamically staged: action-forward framing, focused subjects, and balanced layouts that keep silhouettes clear even in busy moments. Color tends toward vibrant, contrasting palettes—often bright and electric—supporting energetic and intense moods while retaining a clean, illustrative finish. A representative card is Charizard-EX (XY29). Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Eske Yoshinob is Mew-EX (XY126).

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Best cards by Eske Yoshinob

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

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Enhanced Hammer

Twilight Masquerade

Enhanced Hammer 2024
Shaymin V

Brilliant Stars

Shaymin V 2022
Lana’s Fishing Rod

Cosmic Eclipse

Lana’s Fishing Rod 2019
Electrocharger

Team Up

Electrocharger 2019
Mysterious Treasure

Forbidden Light

Mysterious Treasure 2018
Charizard-EX

XY Black Star Promos

Charizard-EX 2013
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Eske Yoshinob’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Eske Yoshinob’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Water
    19
  2. Psychic
    19
  3. Dragon
    17
  4. Fire
    16
  5. Grass
    15
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Iconic cards

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

Mew-EX

Mew-EX

XY Black Star Promos 2013
Gardevoir-EX

Gardevoir-EX

Steam Siege 2016
Mew-EX

Mew-EX

Dragons Exalted 2012
Mewtwo-EX

Mewtwo-EX

XY Black Star Promos 2013
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The full archive

12 of 177 cards · every credit, every era.

Sacred Ash

Destined Rivals

Sacred Ash 2025
Enhanced Hammer

Twilight Masquerade

Enhanced Hammer 2024
Enhanced Hammer

Twilight Masquerade

Enhanced Hammer 2024
Scizor ex

Temporal Forces

Scizor ex 2024
Noivern ex

Paldean Fates

Noivern ex 2024
Cofagrigus ex

Paradox Rift

Cofagrigus ex 2023
Arbok ex

151

Arbok ex 2023
Arbok ex

151

Arbok ex 2023
Copperajah ex

Paldea Evolved

Copperajah ex 2023
Noivern ex

Paldea Evolved

Noivern ex 2023
Regieleki V

Silver Tempest

Regieleki V 2022
Regieleki V

Silver Tempest

Regieleki V 2022