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NE Team Rocket’s Spidops · Destined Rivals · 2025
Illustrator 2017 – 2025

NC Empire

NC Empire has been credited on Pokémon TCG cards from 2017 to 2025, with work spanning Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet. The art leans dynamic and colorful, pairing action-forward framing with focused, character-led staging and high-contrast, vibrant palettes.

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Main period
2017 – 2025
Cards illustrated
37
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$550.00
Charizard · 2019
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About the artist

NC Empire’s Pokémon TCG credits run from 2017 through 2025, with a substantial presence across the Sword & Shield era and additional work in Scarlet & Violet. Appearances include sets such as Chilling Reign, Darkness Ablaze, and SWSH Black Star Promos, where the illustrations frequently center on clear silhouettes and readable, front-loaded staging.

Across these cards, NC Empire favors energetic, playful imagery built from dynamic compositions and focused framing. Color is typically vibrant and contrasting, often pushed toward warm highlights or cool-toned accents to separate forms and keep the scene legible under motion. The approach balances simple, bold layouts with expressive character focus, creating action that stays clean at card scale. A representative example is Agatha.

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Best cards by NC Empire

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

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Team Rocket’s Spidops

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket’s Spidops 2025
Loudred

Paradox Rift

Loudred 2023
Agatha

Chilling Reign

Agatha 2021
Thievul

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

Thievul 2023
Charmander

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos

Charmander 2023
Entei

Evolving Skies

Entei 2021
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with NC Empire’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where NC Empire’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Fire
    6
  2. Darkness
    6
  3. Fighting
    5
  4. Metal
    5
  5. Water
    4
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Iconic cards

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

Charizard

Charizard

SWSH Black Star Promos 2019
Emboar

Emboar

White Flare 2025
Loudred

Loudred

Paradox Rift 2023
Boss’s Orders

Boss’s Orders

Lost Origin Trainer Gallery 2022
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The full archive

12 of 37 cards · every credit, every era.

Darumaka

Phantasmal Flames

Darumaka 2025
Emboar

White Flare

Emboar 2025
Marnie’s Morgrem

Destined Rivals

Marnie’s Morgrem 2025
Team Rocket’s Spidops

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket’s Spidops 2025
Loudred

Paradox Rift

Loudred 2023
Electabuzz

151

Electabuzz 2023
Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis)

Paldea Evolved

Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) 2023
Dragalge

Crown Zenith

Dragalge 2023
Eelektrik

Crown Zenith

Eelektrik 2023
Thievul

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

Thievul 2023
Charmander

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos

Charmander 2023
Boss’s Orders

Lost Origin Trainer Gallery

Boss’s Orders 2022