Talk:Cranidos (TCG)

CRANIDOS ENGLISH TCG LISTINGS

hello! I created a bulbapedia account just to edit and fix the listing's for my favorite pokemon, Cranidos.

Upon getting to the editing section, I was reminded I don't know a thing about web page building and all that html Javascript talk stuff.. heh

so, in the "List of Pokémon cards featuring Cranidos" section- there's four cards listed among the 6 different sets (including promos).

The two categories of Cranidos that each list two sets that card's art style was in- isnt correct. Ill start with the first listing:

The very first cranidos link that brings you to what the cards image looks like is the DP Black Star Promo. That much is correct. However the mysterious treasure set #43/123 (uncommon) cranidos is an entirely different artwork. The artwork for the mysterious treasure set is unlike any artwork listed already in the cranidos page.

and the second one I want to add:

The very bottom cranidos listing brings you to the gorgeous Swsh274 black star promo. However the Astral Radiance 076/189 (uncommon) is also an entirely different card art that isnt listed in the graph at all.

cranidos happens to be my favorite pokemon- and I totally understand that out of the 1000+ pokemon and the potential 30,000+ different card arts in the English sets alone how an easily forgotten about cranidos page hasn't been fleshed out. But someone who is much smarter than I am, if you want to fix it for this amazing website- i have the information and images of the cards if needed.

reach out at [email protected] for the screen shots of the artwork for the uploads if needed. Also, you can delete this essay i just wrote cause I'm sure I did something wrong and this isn't the right place for this or something. Sorry. And thanks!

BewareThePoisonIvy

Aka - cranidos #1 fan.

P.s: For as beautiful a shiny as Cranidos is- for it to have never been included in a shiny vault or any other subset where that pristine red Dino can display its glorious red look is actually heartbreaking.

BewareThePoisonIvy (talk) 02:07, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

Hey there, welcome to Bulbapedia and thank you for your message!

You're correct that this page lists four Cranidos cards in six different sets; this is because the DP Black Star Promo is considered a reprint of the Mysterious Treasures print, and the same is true of the SWSH Black Star Promo and the Astral Radiance print. We only have one page per "funtionally identical" card; otherwise, we would probably have three times as many card pages as we currently do. That said, we never ignore individual prints, and each page contains details of both prints:

• Cranidos (Mysterious Treasures 43)#Release information contains details of how the DP promo was released, and images of both prints
• Cranidos (Astral Radiance 76)#Release information contains details of how the SWSH promo was released, and images of both prints

The image in the infobox swaps between the images at regular intervals, so sometimes you'll see the 'regular' print at the top of the page, and sometimes it'll be the 'promo' print instead. We are in the very early stages of looking at different methods of showing these images in the infobox, but for now, rest assured that no print goes forgotten.

Thank you again for your message, and if you ever feel like trying your hand at editing, the good news is that wikicode is generally much simpler than HTML or JavaScript; feel free to check out Bulbapedia:Getting started or Help:Contents for guidance. Help:Wikicode might also be of interest. Feel free to click the 'Reply' button if you have any more questions or comments! Cipher (talk) 15:31, 20 February 2025 (UTC)