Magmortar and Electivire: GG03 and GG08 Connected Art

The two Crown Zenith cards

Connected scene · 01

Magmortar + Electivire

Magmortar · #GG03

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

Art: Saya Tsuruta

Electivire · #GG08

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

Art: Mina Nakai

The names alone do not identify this pair. Open Magmortar GG03 and Electivire GG08 to match the full numbers and artwork. The GG prefix places both in the Galarian Gallery, which has its own numbering within Crown Zenith.

How the illustrations relate

In Magmortar's image, the two Pokemon sit around a fire in the snow. Magmortar is on the right; Electivire sits on the left. The fire and warm colors stand out against the surrounding winter scene.

Electivire's card changes both the setting and the drawing style. Electivire stands beneath a lightning-filled sky, with Magmortar behind it on the right. Finding the other Pokemon in each picture is the connection to look for.

Those observations come from the card images. They support reading the cards as companion scenes, but do not establish a precise story order. There is no matching seam between the snowy forest and the open landscape, so display the complete cards side by side in whichever order you prefer.

The connection also appears in the attack text

These two printings refer to each other in their attacks. Magmortar's Boltsplosion does additional damage if Electivire is on your Bench. Electivire's Explosive Bolt does additional damage when a Benched Magmortar has damage counters on it.

This is a gameplay connection as well as a visual one. It does not make either particular illustration necessary for a deck: card identity, format legality and the full rules text determine which printing you can play. The symbols guide explains why a regulation letter and an illustration's collector number answer different questions.

Do these two cards have the same artist?

No. Saya Tsuruta illustrated Magmortar GG03; Mina Nakai illustrated Electivire GG08. Their different styles are part of this pair's appeal. Check the small illustrator line near the bottom of each card when matching a seller's photograph.

Sharing a Pokemon, an artist or an expansion is not enough to identify a connected-artwork group. In this case, both named Pokemon visibly appear in each illustration and the exact printings are GG03 and GG08.

A checklist for collecting the pair

• Match GG03/GG70 and GG08/GG70, keeping the letters in your search.
• Confirm that a two-card photograph actually includes both cards in the sale.
• Compare language, finish and condition for each individual copy.
• Look up each printing separately in the price checker, then compare the combined delivered cost.
• Keep raw copies separate from professionally graded copies when comparing prices. A shared illustration does not make different grades equivalent.

What to collect next

For a larger picture from the same expansion, see the nine-card Galarian Gallery mosaic. For a continuous vertical composition, compare Spidops ex and Tarountula. The connected-artwork checklist keeps the different pairs and layouts in one place.