Klinklang

Look, let’s all be adult about this. Unovan Pokémon are hardly the best range. Filled with the likes of the vile Pansage, Pansear and Panpour, and whatever the holy heck a Musharna is supposed to be, it wasn’t exactly the most inspired collection. Vanillite, for crying out loud. Oh, and that Audino abomination. Brrrr. But thankfully, great artists can make up for terrible crimes. As is the case with this Klinklang.

You have to imagine that everyone involved was just not feeling it when they drew up the Unovan creatures. “I dunno,” someone must have said. “What about three Pokémon that are just cogs?” And someone else looked over, annoyed to be interrupted while drawing a Pidove and pretending it was different from a Pidgey, and said, “Sure, whatever.”

But then along comes the wonderful Yuka Morii and delivers a clay-made rendition of the awful idea. I’d love to have seen this lit a bit more brightly, but it’s so rare that we see Morii get a full-art card that it’s to be celebrated every time.