The swirling colours and the character's permanently fixed expression create something that works both as Pokmon art and as a genuine tribute to Munch
The three Pokemon featured on the card are also characters that appear in the Magical Pokemon Journey manga as Pokemon that the main character Hazel has befriended
Jeremy Aaranson, card salesman and head buyer at Valhallas Gate, a local Columbia game store, calls them luxury cardboard. They can be collected and gain value over time, or they can be used as the main component of a trading card game
+Additionally, I have quite a few wotc holos with the holo bleed that when photographed, appear like your last picture where it looks like the whole front is glossed over, typically a red flag but in this case, it seems to just be the way the card is photographed
is the TCG phenomenon that fans everywhere swore was just a commercialism fueled fever dream that somehow snuck into Saturday mornings