A Pokemon base set Charizard card recreated on Reddit's r/place
A Pokemon base set Charizard card has been fully recreated on Reddit’s r/place, but the resulting artwork looks more like a ghoulish, distorted caricature than the iconic piece of trading card art it’s based on. The result highlights just how far the fan community will go in their efforts to represent their favorite cards from the original sets, which are now highly sought-after and valuable items in the Pokemon Trading Card Game.
The project started when a Reddit user shared a photo of the base set Charizard card, covered with the saved pixels from other designs on the r/place platform. The idea was simple: if fans could get enough people to place their pixels on a communal canvas, they could recreate the most iconic cards from the game’s first set.
The base set Charizard card is among the most sought-after cards in the entire Trading Card Game, which has been around since 1999. If you want to get your hands on one today, you’ll have to pay through the nose for it.
To the average person, the finished r/place artwork might look like a mishmash of colored squares and distorted lines, but for Pokemon fans, it’s a recreation of a beloved classic.
As the Reddit user who started the project said, “It’s been a long road, but we did it.” Despite the cursed look of the recreated Charizard card, they certainly achieved their goal.
r/place is a social experiment that allows users to place colored pixels on a shared canvas, and then protects the design from being overwritten by others. In order to create something, you have to strategically work together with other users, and even protect your designs from others trying to overwrite them.
The Charizard card recreation is just one of many collaborations that have taken place on r/place, but it’s certainly one of the most unique.
The distorted and cursed look of the recreated card actually adds a really fun and unexpected twist to the project. It also sparks a lot of curiosity about the nature of the r/place platform – how does a blank canvas become filled with different colored pixels in the first place?
It’s also another testament to the enduring popularity and influence of Pokemon, which is still going strong 25 years after the original games were released.
If you’re a Pokemon fan yourself, check out some of the other most valuable Pokemon cards to see if your favorites made the list. You might also want to check out some of the best Pokemon games if you’re nostalgic for the good old days of the Blue, Red, and Yellow versions of the original games.
