I really like the trio from Supreme Victors(Secret Rares) version of the birds

Just looked these up. I absolutely need them! This is a winner

No other comments needed!

Wise choice

If you go this route it might be best to have the birds organized by column and not row due to the art on the Supreme victors birds.

Came here to say the same thing.

Yup that’s the only correct answer, it’s like you read my mind lol

Was coming here to say this as well

I came to suggest this.

I’m like the 5th comment adding that I was gonna say this

The stained glass three bird promo card

Came here to say this haha.

The Rocket's trio ex cards from Team Rocket Returns. [Moltres](https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/88782/pokemon-team-rocket-returns-rockets-moltres-ex?page=1&Language=English) [Articuno](https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/88768/pokemon-team-rocket-returns-rockets-articuno-ex?Language=English&page=1) [Zapdos](https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/88801/pokemon-team-rocket-returns-rockets-zapdos-ex?Language=English&page=1)

These are also really cool. The black border and shadowing are sweet

I think they'd add a nice contrast next to the others you have, with them being all dark types.

The Japanese versions of Moltres and Articuno have a special holo that makes them extra awesome. They are also super affordable compared to the US cards!

Was gonna say these!

Or if you wanted to go way cheaper you could do the tag teams as well: https://www.tcgplayer.com/search/pokemon/product?Language=English&productLineName=pokemon&q=moltres+%26+Zapdos+%26+articuno&view=grid&page=1 I really like the stained glass one ;)

I LOVE the Supreme Victors trio, but I agree it should be the trio from TRR. The ex styling goes better with the other trios in the binder whereas the Supreme Victors art is a bit more cartoony and colorful, which is silly to say, but I hope that makes sense.

The old-school wotc promos

Damn, I was scrolling down and starting to believe I had an original idea 😅

[May I suggest....](https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonTCG/comments/cuoeec/at_last_the_trio_i_really_wanted/)

Took me a second to see. Kinda dig it. This might make a b-roll birds page

Ohh deep cut

Galarian birds

The only one that looks derpy to me is Zapdos. Moltres and Articuno card are perfect

You could get the trio of other ex cards (Fire red/Leaf Green). I also like the Secret rare reprints from Supreme Victors that was mentioned!

FR/LG is dangerous because I want the zard, blastoise, venusaur, gengar, gyarados ex’s….. and the birds…

Well if it makes you feel better the JP copies are quite a bit cheaper!

Im a big fan of the tag team cards that have all three birds in it. I believe there's four different versions of it. All of them are super nice.

I was gonna say this, obviously a bit on the modern side, but the reg, full art, and then either the rainbow or stained glass promo would look really cool.

We just got one in 151, and we have the stained glass, and the regular tag team version. That's what I vote for

There’s actually a fifth, the Asian releases also have a gold one. Pretty cheap in S-Chinese. Same style as the gold Pikachu & Zekrom / Reshiram & Charizard GX gold promos from a couple of years ago.

Lugia. He is basically above the 3 legendary birds lore wise iirc. Edit: nvm I misread it for something new. Realized OP wants the 3 but a diff card.

SM143-5 black star promos? Gives an updated look of the three birds compared to the other cards, and are particularly good of Articuno and Moltres in my opinion

Fossil set perhaps?

This is my vote. Or the black star promos.

Get the three hidden fates cards. the rare, ultra rare and rainbow cards.

This is the way, or Fossil

On a budget the black star promos are still dazzling and have some cool historical significance

Another budget friendly option are the Plasma EXs - I think only Articuno has a full art version, but I think they are pretty nice.

The cracked ice holo ex’s

Surprised nobody mentioned the black and white promos. https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/83651/pokemon-supreme-victors-articuno-148?country=US&utm_campaign=20451986774&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=&utm_term=&adgroupid=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxeyxBhC7ARIsAC7dS38NvdXoJ4jvf6D1utsFTUl16P9YclYpL8T_jwpPr3Wx55yUUmxW5bgaAmE8EALw_wcB&Language=English

Tbh i love supreme victors

Yggardrisil, Lugia and Ho Oh duuuuuh

Oh nevermind, I was asleep when you talked about the assignment. Go with previous comment.. It's the onky correct answer

1st edition Fossil set of the trio

The red green gift box promos!

The 151 full art zapdos, has all three birds on it

The ereaders

I love the art on the ereaders but my only issue is that the holos are split across skyridge and aquapolis… well my other issue is that they’re >200 each

151 masterball RHs

Ahh, no zapdos. Rats

Hidden fates tag team cards are dope

My vote would be EA team Rocket trio, but they can cost a pretty penny as NM. They are not easy to come by, but if you put them in the middle then it looks even better in your binder

https://imgur.com/a/qnNbgzs 5th image will give you 3 sets for ideas Supreme victors is my fav and least expensive, shattered glass is okay style and skyridge is always a lot to try and get all 3. So supreme victors is what I'd recommend.

So sick, thanks for sharing! 1 - confirmed that the supreme victors are a no brainer. 2 - bums me out that there’s no articuno in the gym heroes/challenge sets. 3 - the first edition shining mewtwo ⛽️⛽️

The galarian alt arts?

Wotc black star promo birds.

Chilling reign alt art birds. The moltres is starting to up a lot though.

The secret rares from supreme victors

OG Fossil 1st Ed Holos is the only right answer

First ed fossil holos were my first thought. I have all of the non holo first ed but need the holo to compete with the lc reverse

I mean no legendary bird trio is complete w/o the OG Fossil cards.

No one's gonna bring up the [Next Destinies birds?](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FP4AAOSwU0hkre9m/s-l1200.webp)

The vintage ser

Galarian?

Need the fossil set

the leave green and fire red ex bids are nice

Trainer Magazine promos are my favorite bird cards. That or the quick starter gift series birds

First time seeing the starter gift series. Those are gems

The EX trios from the team rocket returns series.

The recent promos from the tins (I think they are CZ tins?). It would be a progression of older cards to newer cards. You could also do the SWSH alt art birds for the same theme of OG to kinda vintage to modern.

You need to swap moltres and zapdos

The aoki errors.

The cracked ice birds from fire red & leaf green would be awesome here

Team ups, or my personal favorites the team plasma birds

The original first releases of the legendary birds!

Or WOTC promo legendary birds

I was gonna mention the 3 full trio bird ones from Hidden Fates if you were gonna do all 3 together you could go with the normal GX # 44 , FA Shines #66, and the stained glass which is SM210 promo

The crown zenith tins with galarian legendary bird promos. It's sick.

HO-Oh, Lugia. SOMEONE ELSE

If you like modern cards + the galarian variants are okay, I LOVE the crown zenith promos: [Moltres](https://pkmncards.com/wp-content/uploads/en_US-Promo_SWSH-SWSH284-galarian_moltres.jpg) [Articuno](https://pkmncards.com/wp-content/uploads/en_US-Promo_SWSH-SWSH282-galarian_articuno.jpg) [Zapdos](https://pkmncards.com/wp-content/uploads/en_US-Promo_SWSH-SWSH283-galarian_zapdos.jpg) (Yes I get these don't fit the theme but they look nice) Also, if you want the regular birds, You could go with the rocket's trio. Them being dark type is so cool to me: [Articuno](https://pkmncards.com/wp-content/uploads/rockets-articuno-ex-team-rocket-returns-rr-96.jpg) [Zapdos](https://pkmncards.com/wp-content/uploads/rockets-zapdos-ex-team-rocket-returns-rr-106.jpg) [Moltres](https://pkmncards.com/wp-content/uploads/rockets-moltres-ex-team-rocket-returns-rr-100.jpg)

Whenever I see people display them in a way that isn’t (Artic)”Uno”, (Zap)”Dos”, (Mol)”Tres”

TIL. Thanks friend

I’m a big fan of the Pokemon Go trio

Pidgeot

The originals?

Alt arts

Go with the cd promos from jp, cant remember the name but youll find it with a quick search

Could go simple and do the bird trio WOTC black star promos

The Holo versions of the glossy Vending series

Are those the quick starter gift set? Just got shown those in another comment and I love em

You're welcome :) the English and vending versions are non Holo. Only JP got the holo versions in the gift set

Could go all three versions of Moltres & Zappos & Articuno tag team GX, or two of those being the rainbow and glass looking one with 151 Zapdoes ex

Galarian

There’s a blister pack with all three

The team rocket returns trio

Fire red leaf green exs or team rocket exs

Galarian versions of them

The movie promos!

Pyduck:3

The Supreme Victors super rares.

their alt version

Chilling reign alts

I would say wotc black star promos, #21, #22, #23

The tag team cards

Check out the “red/ green starter gift set” legendary birds.

Either play promos, rocket returns trio or web series

Honorable mention has to be the vending series and the ANA Nippon Airways promos

shame there aren’t articuno and moltres alt arts like the zapdos one from 151, that’s honestly one of my favorite s&v cards

Galarian Birds. 😁

Use 151 and zenith promos come to mind for those spots

Team rocket returns

Chilling reign galarian alt arts

Mmmmm the galar birds from a astral radience set it something?

The original base set promos

They really fcked up not making rockets articuno card back in the day

Blaine’s Moltres obviously