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Because of cards like the Machamp V Alternate Full Art, the alternate art cars keep getting more and more popular each year. The card is just facsintaing to look at; there is so much going on, the card’s name might have Machamp in it, but the Pokemon itself is a small part of the card.

We can see the hardworking Machamp on his way to deliver some goods to some place, putting his four hands to use, doing the work that would’ve required 3-4 men! Fans love it when they see such out-of-the-box thinking for TCG cards. We all get it; the TCG is about pitting Pokemon against Pokemon in a battle, so the Pokemon have to look menacing.

But cards like this break that mold and they do it so elegantly. The Machamp V Alternate Full Art was released in the Astral Radiance expansion pack for their Sword and Shield era of Pokemon cards. It quickly rose to prominence, becoming one of the expansion’s best sellers.

Machamp isn’t the most popular Pokemon. It is not hated but isn’t loved much like the Pikachus and the Charziards. But still, with the help of a great illustrator with a vision, the Machamp V Alternate Full Art turned out to be one of the most beautiful cards to come out of the TCG this year, so it deserves every penny the price point commands.