Clefairy & Hypno
Regular Pokémon TCG artist, Tomokau Komiya, does something brilliantly subtle with this pairing from XY’s Breakpoint set. In the Hypno card, the sinister Pokémon appears to have split reality into two halves, with Clefairy’s happy-go-lucky fairy tale existence of sparkly paths and rainbows distinct from Hypno’s swirling gloom and rain. Hypno points ominously toward his reality, the Clefairy looking absolutely horrified by it all.
Then in Clefairy’s card, clearly everything has gone wrong. Its eyes are hypnotised, as it runs in a panic through what look like ancient gravestones in this grim world. In the background, staring from just in front of the window back to Clefairy’s world, stands the shadow of Hypno, watching on in satisfaction at the terror he has wrought.
