204 197 pokemon card Houndour Obsidian Flames 204/197 Fire Rarity Houndour 2023 Pokémon 204/197 Illustration

thats part of what makes Rhystic Study such a great blue card

The card art found in Breakpoint does it full justice with the sun shining behind the colorful birds majestic pose

Nether Shadow is a ghostly, sentient shadow-creature (later retconned to a 'Spirit') with relatively more stylized artwork -- a simple cloak body, and a very simplified jack-o-lantern skull, but that makes the detailing of the quasi-reflection of anatomically accurate bone structure work so much better here

Japanese cards can feel cleaner visually

Oko, Thief of Crowns I mean seriously

As much as possible, you want to get newer cards by opening them from the latest booster set