- Released
- May 2014
- Cards
- 12 printed
- Illustrators
- 4
- Series
- Other
- Era
- XY era
12 unique Pokémon 12 Pokémon
§ 02 — About McDonald's Collection 2014
A look inside the set.
McDonald's Collection 2014 is a tightly edited 12-card set composed entirely of Pokémon cards, with no Trainers or Energy. Each of the 12 featured Pokémon appears once, giving the release a straightforward, roster-like structure that’s easy to view as a complete visual set. With only four credited illustrators across the whole checklist, the collection keeps a consistent presentation while still allowing a few distinct voices to surface.
The artwork is driven primarily by 5ban Graphics, responsible for most of the cards, which helps unify the set’s look from card to card. A smaller group of single contributions—MAHOU, Akira Komayama, and Naoki Saito—adds subtle variation in character handling and finish. The featured lineup spans familiar mascots and newer faces alike, including Pikachu, Chespin, Froakie, and Fennekin, making the set feel like a concise snapshot of its selection rather than a narrative sequence.
I · Visual identity
The set’s visual identity is defined less by stylistic variety and more by consistency: a unified, character-forward presentation shaped by a dominant single illustrator credit. Without dataset tags for moods, palettes, or compositions, the clearest throughline is the curated, evenly weighted lineup—each Pokémon given equal space as an individual portrait within a small, coherent group.
II · Illustrators
5ban Graphics anchors the collection with nine of the twelve cards, establishing the primary look across the set. The remaining three cards are split between MAHOU, Akira Komayama, and Naoki Saito, offering brief shifts in rendering and character emphasis while keeping the overall checklist tightly controlled.
§ 04 — Entry points
Two ways in.
By the hands behind it, or by the Pokémon featured. Both threads continue across the wider Artchu catalogue.
