The only thing that’d make this even more sublime is a Gallade card showing an alternative outcome, like maybe the baby’s grown up and Gallade is helping them with their sports training or something.
Or an Iron Valiant card that shows what happened after the Pokémon world was taken over by Skynet and gender became nonexistent and everyone is robotic
In French, the "Garde" part comes from the infinitive verb "Garder" ("To keep"/"To guard"/"To ward"), and "Garde" is also, as you can tell, the french translation of the noun "Guard". Then there's the second half of the name, "Voir", which is literally the infinitive french verb that means "To see". But then, there's also another word play, as you can also count the "Devoir" part, which, in French, can either be interpretated as an infinitive verb and translation of "Having to"/"To owe", or as the French translation of the noun "Duty". With all of that explained, if you're knowledgeable enough about Gardevoir and her pre-evolutions, I think you'll totally understand the French name.
people usually want pokemon so it can do chores and things for them i just want a partner pokemon that will always be there with me, it's a heartwarming thought
It's also worth noting that in the drawing the girl made of her and Kirlia, they have the same hairstyle. The daughter probably saw Kirlia/Gardevoir as an older sibling.
This series of cards perfectly illustrates why I've loved the Gardevoir line since Gen3. Some part of my child brain twigged onto the line being representative of a child growing up with the trainer as the parent. As in they start as a mostly helpless "baby" in Ralts fully dependent on you to grow. Become a more independent but still in need of some protecting "teen" in Kirlia, and finish as an "adult" in Gardevoir/Gallade who's now the one to take care of you as you slow down in your "old age". The Mega forms resembling wedding attire wrapped it up to me as you watching "your child" getting married and getting ready to start a family of their own.
The Gardevoir line is the best example of Gen 4's allusion to human/pokemon unions that I could find in canon. And honestly? Who wouldn't want a Gardevoir watching over your newborn child?
So It looks like Pokemon probably have a really long lifespan, given that the Gardevoir shows no traditional signs of old age. Which means that your Pokémon will probably outlive you and your family as well. They have no business making me confront my own mortality like this
If anything she ages faster. The couple doesn’t look that old by the time gardevoir grows up. Unless the kid is like 40 or something than gardevoir was growing around the same rate.
I think Holon Phantoms is the closest we may get to that, since that whole set was about the TCG Original Holon Labs and how their experiments transformed the Pokemon in the area into different Types.
no matter how you got gardevoir or gallade the darn thing will commit genocide to protect those it cares about. be it by black hole or just swords dance boosted sharpness
@@_RedRightHand_ Same, I always loved the lady knight imagery Gardevoir had as a kid, I thought the pokemon was so beautiful when I first saw it playing Platinum at 8 years old. I always pictured it as this regal knight protecting my trainer.
@@ArtisticCeleste I thought of it as that, alongside its guardian angel inspirations, and its ability to summon black holes - it takes protection of its trainer very seriously. It's also able to read minds and see the future, based on its PokéDex.
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I love it when cards tell stories like this! One of my personal favorites is the Charizard evolution line for the special Generations expansion. The Charmander card shows it mischievously stealing the young kid's glasses, the Charmeleon card shows them sitting on a tree branch looking at a book together as the kid is a bit older, and the Charizard card shows it valiantly protecting its now young-adult/teenager trainer from a snowstorm. Pretty much telling the story of their growth as trainer and Pokemon.
just imagine if they decided to went dark theme and at the last card gardevoir is with the daughter mourning or getting blame for the death of her parents
I remember seeing these cards before, and I find its little story to be adorable. Ralts is actually my favorite Pokémon, so I hope I can get this set of cards for myself one day
I had order a box of the Japanese Scarlet & Violet cards and I actually got the Kirlia EX Card and it's beautiful. I'm hoping to get Ralts and Gardevoir.
I love how most cards showcase visual storytelling along with the unique illustrations from various artists. I still had some old cards dating back in the early 2000s along with the recent ones from gifts. Along with the gardevoir one shown, the emboar line growing up with its human trainer family is also my fav!
I love seeing Pokémon as just part of the family or good friends with Trainers. Not battling or doing contests, just the Slice of Life they all deserve to enjoy from time to time.
This is exactly why I love Gardevoir so much. For a lot of people, it's just Hornimon. In my eyes, it's the perfect "family" Pokemon You take it in as a nervous little toddler, raise it through it's cute child phase, and then you get it's powerful adult phrase. All the while, each form is cute and pleasant to look at Oh, and Kirlia and Gardevoir are powerhouses as they level up and they always seem to carry my teams. Once my Gardevoir knows Psychic, you can honestly leave the money where you are and move on
Love this card trio so much-really reminds us how big pokemon art to their trainers' lives. Love seeing more casual day-to-day art of pokemon outside of battling
There’s one for the Tinkaton line of a Tinkatink in a cave, looking around, Tinkatuff beating on a sheet of metal, and finally Tinkaton ex holding up the fully completed hammer. The identifiers for this being the same cave are the stairs in the background, and some crystals in the foreground
I love how the card tells a story unlike other cards that just show a Pokémon in a strange location doing random things but the ralts card line shows more than the Pokémon but also the trainers life through out the years.
I love the tepig story card tepig with it trainer at 5 Pignite with the trainer at 12 them Emboar with the trainer as an adult now have a family of his own
Reminds me of the Tepig line. It's a set of family photos. Tepig is with a couple, Pignite is with that couple and their kids and finally Emboar is with the now grandparents and their whole family.
My older brother knows Gardevoir is my favorite pokemon, and it has been since I was like 8 and played my first pokemon game, so for my birthday one year, he made me a whole pokemon deck with these cards. I still have the cards and the deck
Gardy is really loyal to its trainer that even sacrifice itself to keep trainer safe and this is why I love Gardy. Also sleep next to trainer's graveyard is possible thing that Gardy will do.
You have to love that the Gardevoir line is literally the most loyal pokémon line in the franchise they're willing to die just to protect their trainer how amazing is that
I think this card set is a great reference to the fact that the Ralts line is one of the most loving and loyal lines of Pokemon, which makes them the ideal member of a normal loving family
I can see The Family treating Their Gardevoir like a Daughter that is a part of Their Family and that's so cute and sweet I bet The Daughter treated Gardevoir like a Big Sister.
Im so happy i came across this video cause i didnt know there was three cards! I only knew about the last two when i pulled them and I teared up a little at how sweet it was 😭
Personal Headcanon is that they’re Wally’s Aunt and Uncle.
That would make so much sense and it's wholesome!
I mean...
@rate my pfp they are banned because of lugia existing
@rate my pfp yes the eevee is op and the wally is an instant evolution card for non ex pokemon
Aw that's so sweet!
Gardevoir is that kind of Pokemon that will literally be with you through your whole life and that's just beautiful
It’s cool that it incorporates the fact the Ralts line has a connection to emotion.
@Bang me Chan what?
@Bang me Chan why are you like this? Why was that one of your first thoughts when looking at this?
@Bang me Chan bro that's not fine 🤨📷
@Bang me Chan damn bro you got the whole squad laughing 😐😐😐
The only thing that’d make this even more sublime is a Gallade card showing an alternative outcome, like maybe the baby’s grown up and Gallade is helping them with their sports training or something.
That would be a cool idea!
Or an Iron Valiant card that shows what happened after the Pokémon world was taken over by Skynet and gender became nonexistent and everyone is robotic
@@ksoundkaiju9256 So the baby is John Connor, the founder of Gardelade Terminal Systems (or “GTS” for short)? 🤔
What if it's not male, force it anyways
Yes please, anything with Gallade makes my day
The best part about this is that Gardevoir is based on a guardian angels, which is super fitting
Pretty sure it's based on Knights, not angels.
@@Disheartthorndoesn’t matter that kid is safe
"Sir-(k)night" is the Japanese name
@@Disheartthorn it can be based on both. A lot of pokemon are based on 2 or more things
In French, the "Garde" part comes from the infinitive verb "Garder" ("To keep"/"To guard"/"To ward"), and "Garde" is also, as you can tell, the french translation of the noun "Guard".
Then there's the second half of the name, "Voir", which is literally the infinitive french verb that means "To see".
But then, there's also another word play, as you can also count the "Devoir" part, which, in French, can either be interpretated as an infinitive verb and translation of "Having to"/"To owe", or as the French translation of the noun "Duty".
With all of that explained, if you're knowledgeable enough about Gardevoir and her pre-evolutions, I think you'll totally understand the French name.
The couple raised Gardevoir not as a pokemon but as their own child. Man, this really reminds me of our pet dog
Is it okay to cry? This is my fav pokemon and art is just so great
It is acceptable.
Yeah well let it slide just this once
Until someone ruined it(blaming the furry simps)
Yeah people sexualize Gardevoir too much
REAL 😭😭😭
people usually want pokemon so it can do chores and things for them
i just want a partner pokemon that will always be there with me, it's a heartwarming thought
thats uh... not true
Dude...please dont boink the animals
i would like to enslave pokemon
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq who said anything about that?
@@MistralFromMGR we all know where it leads
It's also worth noting that in the drawing the girl made of her and Kirlia, they have the same hairstyle. The daughter probably saw Kirlia/Gardevoir as an older sibling.
that Ralts was the couple's first child
She laid an egg
This series of cards perfectly illustrates why I've loved the Gardevoir line since Gen3. Some part of my child brain twigged onto the line being representative of a child growing up with the trainer as the parent.
As in they start as a mostly helpless "baby" in Ralts fully dependent on you to grow. Become a more independent but still in need of some protecting "teen" in Kirlia, and finish as an "adult" in Gardevoir/Gallade who's now the one to take care of you as you slow down in your "old age".
The Mega forms resembling wedding attire wrapped it up to me as you watching "your child" getting married and getting ready to start a family of their own.
The Gardevoir line is the best example of Gen 4's allusion to human/pokemon unions that I could find in canon. And honestly? Who wouldn't want a Gardevoir watching over your newborn child?
This definitely feels like the kind of Gardevoir that would create a black hole in order to protect its trainer without a doubt.
So It looks like Pokemon probably have a really long lifespan, given that the Gardevoir shows no traditional signs of old age. Which means that your Pokémon will probably outlive you and your family as well. They have no business making me confront my own mortality like this
I’ll bet it’s different depending on the Pokémon. For a Psychic type like Gardevoir, I guess it makes sense to live longer.
@@GatorEX from wholesome to heartbreaking :(
Maybe pokemon just don't show signs of aging and then just randomly die tho 😢
@@wirelessriver7 the Charizard in the Pokètoon animation in "Blossoms Dream" did show some aging, but i guess it's technically not canon?
If anything she ages faster. The couple doesn’t look that old by the time gardevoir grows up. Unless the kid is like 40 or something than gardevoir was growing around the same rate.
Imagine an entire set where each card tells a story.
I think Holon Phantoms is the closest we may get to that, since that whole set was about the TCG Original Holon Labs and how their experiments transformed the Pokemon in the area into different Types.
Art can be so awesome and beautiful
Some cute details from the cards are that the Ralts was in the wedding picture in the first card, implying that the Ralts was in the wedding party
A Gardevoir has got to be one of of not THE best family Pokemon you could have
Casual Black hole 🤚
no matter how you got gardevoir or gallade the darn thing will commit genocide to protect those it cares about.
be it by black hole or just swords dance boosted sharpness
It's my favorite Pokémon, but weirdos on the Internet ruined it.
@@_RedRightHand_ Same, I always loved the lady knight imagery Gardevoir had as a kid, I thought the pokemon was so beautiful when I first saw it playing Platinum at 8 years old. I always pictured it as this regal knight protecting my trainer.
@@ArtisticCeleste
I thought of it as that, alongside its guardian angel inspirations, and its ability to summon black holes - it takes protection of its trainer very seriously. It's also able to read minds and see the future, based on its PokéDex.
Jiro Sasumo is one of my favorite artists, their work is beautiful.
true I really like the blue's vaporeon from brilliant stars
Rare(and goated) comment chain that doesn't sexualize Gardevoir or Vaporeon
I swear I will cry if they have another card where it’s Mega Gardevoir standing over two graves
Shiny mega gardevoir with the black dress
damn imagine the art... It is a shame that I couldn't draw, I definitely want to do it myself
Its never too late to learn! As long as you want to draw and remember why you love drawing, you will find motivation to continue. Also it's ok if you think your art sucks, you're just starting out and your perception of art has been developed while your skills aren't, it's just gonna take time.@@ViperDivinity
Mega Gallade standing guard at the house of the adult daughter as she and her own child play in the yard.
I love it when cards tell stories like this! One of my personal favorites is the Charizard evolution line for the special Generations expansion.
The Charmander card shows it mischievously stealing the young kid's glasses, the Charmeleon card shows them sitting on a tree branch looking at a book together as the kid is a bit older, and the Charizard card shows it valiantly protecting its now young-adult/teenager trainer from a snowstorm. Pretty much telling the story of their growth as trainer and Pokemon.
Man I hope we get a wholesome Magikarp/Gyrados story card arc so my 3 favorite Pokemon evo lines get wholesome stories.
These artists do such good work. Love the little stories
It’s too wholesome omg-
This card line is one of the best and my favourites, the story it tells is just so wholesome
just imagine if they decided to went dark theme and at the last card gardevoir is with the daughter mourning or getting blame for the death of her parents
Nahhh 💀
@@-Nexternal- yeah "💀" are her parents
Gardevoir in Mega form, standing guard over the parents' graves.
I remember seeing these cards before, and I find its little story to be adorable. Ralts is actually my favorite Pokémon, so I hope I can get this set of cards for myself one day
Gardevoir never disappoints
“You can’t make me cry with three images”
Pokémon:
Oh that's so cute! I've seen other cards tell a story and it's always fun to see
This was seen on an eboar and to a lesser extent charizard too before. I love these type of cards
How to make an adult cry in less than a minute.
Thank you Sasumo, and ty Gator for the heads up
the guy even has green eyes the same shade as gardevoir
Why do these card arts have to be so wholesome....
That's some warm lore. Thanks for sharing.
That is so beautiful. I also like the fact Pokemon age SLOWLY.
I had order a box of the Japanese Scarlet & Violet cards and I actually got the Kirlia EX Card and it's beautiful. I'm hoping to get Ralts and Gardevoir.
I've heard people complain about this, like it violates some kind of rule for making the pokemon clearly visible.
Fuck em
I love how most cards showcase visual storytelling along with the unique illustrations from various artists. I still had some old cards dating back in the early 2000s along with the recent ones from gifts. Along with the gardevoir one shown, the emboar line growing up with its human trainer family is also my fav!
I love seeing Pokémon as just part of the family or good friends with Trainers. Not battling or doing contests, just the Slice of Life they all deserve to enjoy from time to time.
Finally I can die peacefully without something Lewd based around Gardevoir..
yesss thank you for mentioning the artist too !!
This is exactly why I love Gardevoir so much. For a lot of people, it's just Hornimon. In my eyes, it's the perfect "family" Pokemon
You take it in as a nervous little toddler, raise it through it's cute child phase, and then you get it's powerful adult phrase. All the while, each form is cute and pleasant to look at
Oh, and Kirlia and Gardevoir are powerhouses as they level up and they always seem to carry my teams. Once my Gardevoir knows Psychic, you can honestly leave the money where you are and move on
the Hornimon will defeat you every time
Love this card trio so much-really reminds us how big pokemon art to their trainers' lives. Love seeing more casual day-to-day art of pokemon outside of battling
Really love the art and story of these cards. As a lover of the ralts line this makes me so happy 🥰
So happy I pulled this card. Probably my favorite Gardevior card
There is no need to ruin this
It's so wholesome
There’s one for the Tinkaton line of a Tinkatink in a cave, looking around, Tinkatuff beating on a sheet of metal, and finally Tinkaton ex holding up the fully completed hammer. The identifiers for this being the same cave are the stairs in the background, and some crystals in the foreground
I love this Gardevoir story, We love gardevoir for this, My fav Fairy pokemon
😍 Love this. So glad I packed that gardevoir the detail and storylines are so awesome.
i really like that the decor is gardevoir-line colours, it pleases me
Very wholesome, love cards that tell a story across multiple cards.
I simply adore the Scovillain alternate art where it's sitting at a table
Always love it when pokémon cards incorporate such stories. Shoutouts to that one charizard line from black and white.
i cant help but also feel depressed thinking that the pokemon is probably going to outlive the trainer and be all alone
I love how the card tells a story unlike other cards that just show a Pokémon in a strange location doing random things but the ralts card line shows more than the Pokémon but also the trainers life through out the years.
I know my new chase card now
After experiencing the internet, this is like a nice refreshing nap.
0:20 I love the annoyed look on Kirlia’s face in the picture on the wall 😂
Now we just need a Mega Gardevoir where the daughter uses it in battle
Me casually taking a random family's surrogate Pokemon sister into battle against literal gods
This is beautiful. I didn't realize Pokémon cards were getting this deep with imagery.
Stuff like this is why it's my favorite mon.
I love the tepig story card tepig with it trainer at 5 Pignite with the trainer at 12 them Emboar with the trainer as an adult now have a family of his own
That’s another great one!
I was just about to mention that banger of a card tysm for doing it!
Reminds me of the Tepig line. It's a set of family photos. Tepig is with a couple, Pignite is with that couple and their kids and finally Emboar is with the now grandparents and their whole family.
i love it when pokemon showing pokemon growing with a family.
I like the cards art a lot because as one of my favorite pokemon it depicts how I imagine life with the pokemon.
I love the concept of Pokemon as not just fighting partners but members of the family, evolving as the family does.
This is so lovely. I wish anyone else could be like that.
Took a long time evolving Kirlia to Gardevoir.
The wholesomeness of this card wpuld destroy any player.
Someone finally did a video on it! Thank you!
Oh my god this series of cards is so wholesome. 🥹 my heart!
Gonna make me tear up with how wholesome this is
The artwork for the pokemon cards is one of the big reasons why i still collect them to these days.
That is really sweet, i only knew "Card Lore" from Yu-Gi-Oh, like the Monster Card "Gigabyte"
It's so adorable but all I can think about is how she seemingly never changed out of the white and green shirt until the last card
I love this kind of thing
I'm someone who gets attached to her Pokemon and likes giving them lore, so these kinds of things rock.
My older brother knows Gardevoir is my favorite pokemon, and it has been since I was like 8 and played my first pokemon game, so for my birthday one year, he made me a whole pokemon deck with these cards. I still have the cards and the deck
These are some Beautiful Cards =]
Actually just pulled this and the koraidon shown in this short from a booster box
Gardy is really loyal to its trainer that even sacrifice itself to keep trainer safe and this is why I love Gardy.
Also sleep next to trainer's graveyard is possible thing that Gardy will do.
Oh, so beautiful and happy this Kylie is
That’s so fucking cute and wholesome that I’m crying
You have to love that the Gardevoir line is literally the most loyal pokémon line in the franchise they're willing to die just to protect their trainer how amazing is that
It's little details like these that make being an actual collector worthwhile!
What else can I say. I adore this mini story and the cards look great on their own too
I think this card set is a great reference to the fact that the Ralts line is one of the most loving and loyal lines of Pokemon, which makes them the ideal member of a normal loving family
I can see The Family treating Their Gardevoir like a Daughter that is a part of Their Family and that's so cute and sweet I bet The Daughter treated Gardevoir like a Big Sister.
The way that the Gardevior is holding the wool💀
I had no idea that this was a thing. This is honestly super beautiful and I'm so glad that they implemented this in the card game. 😊
I love seeing wholesome art of Pokémon.
Such a beautiful story in all 3 cards ❤
Really makes the pokemon world so much more realistic
Man, if only they still did Megas. Maybe we'd see the Gardevoir in its Mega with the daughter as a trainer.
Imagine if they released a fourth card with the Gardevoir and the now grown up daughter standing in front of 2 graves.
The little Ralts doll in the third card has also yellowed, to show its age a little bit more.
That's the most beautiful moment ever.
How I'd give to have a pokemon grow up with me & stay with me until I'm old I love this pokemon this made me love gardevoir even more 😢❤
When you’re a trainer you’re not just collecting pokemon. You’re building a family
I knew yugioh did this but I didn't know pokemon did
Im so happy i came across this video cause i didnt know there was three cards! I only knew about the last two when i pulled them and I teared up a little at how sweet it was 😭
This couple effectively has two kids