To be fair, this matches with how cards looked in the game in FFVIII. Monsters, bosses, and summons all were just pictures of the in-game models. The most powerful cards were of main characters from the game, and used their portrait artwork instead of 3D models.
Though I would like to see unique art for them, this style very much matches its roots.
Yep. They made it as much like the FF8 version as possible. But yes, I think it kind of sucks. Another good one is Odin. I still have to stare at it a while before I really know what card it is. lol