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H N’s Plan · Black Bolt · 2025
Illustrator 2019 – 2025

hncl

hncl has been credited on Pokémon TCG illustrations from 2019 to 2025, with work appearing across Scarlet & Violet-era releases including Paradox Rift and Twilight Masquerade. The art leans anime-forward, with energetic staging, focused framing, and vibrant, contrasting color.

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Main period
2019 – 2025
Cards illustrated
26
Most represented era
Scarlet & Violet
Most valuable card
$18.90
Cobalion · 2025
§ I

About the artist

hncl is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game artwork from 2019 through 2025. In this dataset, the largest share appears in the Scarlet & Violet series, with additional credits spanning sets such as Paradox Rift and Twilight Masquerade. Across these releases, hncl also illustrates Trainer cards, expanding the range of character-driven scenes represented.

The visual approach reads as anime-leaning and digitally finished, with character-design clarity and action-forward composition. Many pieces favor focused, balanced framing—often pushing the subject into the foreground—while keeping movement cues crisp and legible. Color is typically vibrant and contrasting, shifting between cool-toned intensity and warmer accents to heighten energy without crowding the image. A representative card is Lucario VSTAR.

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Best cards by hncl

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

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N’s Plan

Black Bolt

N’s Plan 2025
Team Rocket’s Ariana

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket’s Ariana 2025
Lucario VSTAR

SWSH Black Star Promos

Lucario VSTAR 2019
Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis)

Paldea Evolved

Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) 2023
Miraidon

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos

Miraidon 2023
Seviper

Phantasmal Flames

Seviper 2025
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with hncl’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where hncl’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Lightning
    4
  2. Darkness
    4
  3. Metal
    2
  4. Fighting
    1
  5. Fire
    1
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Iconic cards

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

Cobalion

Cobalion

Black Bolt 2025
Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis)

Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis)

Paldea Evolved 2023
Steven’s Beldum

Steven’s Beldum

Scarlet & Violet Promos 2022
Miraidon

Miraidon

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos 2023
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The full archive

12 of 26 cards · every credit, every era.

Ambipom

Phantasmal Flames

Ambipom 2025
Seviper

Phantasmal Flames

Seviper 2025
Cobalion

Black Bolt

Cobalion 2025
N’s Plan

Black Bolt

N’s Plan 2025
N’s Plan

Black Bolt

N’s Plan 2025
Thundurus

Black Bolt

Thundurus 2025
Team Rocket’s Ariana

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket’s Ariana 2025
Team Rocket’s Ariana

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket’s Ariana 2025
Team Rocket’s Nidoqueen

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket’s Nidoqueen 2025
Lucian

Twilight Masquerade

Lucian 2024
Lucian

Twilight Masquerade

Lucian 2024
Raifort

Twilight Masquerade

Raifort 2024