Approach
How I organize Pokemon cards by mood and visual connection
Most people sort their cards by set, by type, or by value. That never felt right to me. I kept gravitating toward how cards looked together — the mood of a page, the way two illustrations next to each other could tell a story neither told alone.
So I built a loose system around that instinct. Cards are organized by mood, narrative, and visual intent rather than set, rarity, or Pokemon type.
Explore the Approach
- Core Themes — The themes that currently hold the binder together
- Page Order — Why the chapters appear in this sequence
- Graded Cards — When a card works better on its own
The Basic Idea
A card belongs with the artwork it feels at home beside.
If two cards feel right together side by side, that matters more here than their set, type, or rarity.
Theme First, Pokemon Second
- Pokemon species do not determine placement
- Set, era, and rarity do not determine placement
- A single Pokemon may appear in multiple themes across different cards
Each card is judged individually — by what it shows, not what it is.