#Legend maker pokemon cards series#

Certain '4th issue' cards have slightly brighter color than the other prints. These cards are known as '4th issue' cards and are also rarer than the 'unlimited' print. Cards printed right before the release of Base Set 2 has the year 2000 included in their copyright notices. Since not many prints were printed as 'shadowless', these cards are rarer than the 'unlimited' print.

Because of this, these cards are known as 'shadowless' cards among collectors. These early prints are generally brighter in color, use a thinner font, have the year 1999 appear twice in the copyright notice, and lack the shadow around the pictures. The '1st issue' print and a few of the following ('2nd issue') prints have a slightly different design than the standard 'unlimited' ('3rd issue') prints. This set also had a 2-player starter set, containing two half-sized decks with no intended strategy and a play mat. The set's four main theme decks were based on four different strategies (offensive, defensive, tactic, and speed). Some of the more popular examples are Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur and Pikachu. The set is one of the more well-rounded sets available, with a mixed amount of Pokémon of all types, and includes only Pokémon from the original 150. The set also contained Double Colorless Energy, the first special Energy card. It is one of few sets to include Fighting, Fire, Grass, Lightning, Psychic, and Water Energy cards, now commonly known as basic Energy cards. It is the only set and expansion so far not to have a set logo or symbol (with the exception of the error 'no symbol' Jungle set cards). It was released in Japan on October 20, 1996, (one month after Bandai Pokémon Carddass 100 Pocket Monster Part 1 Green & Part 2 Red, September 1996), and in the United States on January 9, 1999. The Base Set, ( Japanese: 第1弾スターターパック & 第1弾拡張パック 1st Starter & Expansion Pack) is the name given to the original core release of cards and Theme Decks for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This Pokémon pack consists of 24 Base Set shadowless cards and an instruction manual. The 1998 Pokémon Demo Game Pack was the earliest Pokémon card pack to be produced and released in the English Pokémon TCG and served as the first introduction to Pokémon cards in the United States.

#Legend maker pokemon cards series#

When the series first launched in English in late 1998, Wizards of the Coast handled publishing.įirst Generation Sets 1998 Pokémon Demo Game Plastic Pack

2.3.3 Heartgold and Soulsilver Revived Legends.

2.3.2 Heartgold and Soulsilver special decks.

2.3.1 Heartgold and Soulsilver Collection.

2.3 Japanese Pokémon Heartgold and Soulsilver sets.

2.2.15 HeartGold and SoulSilver – Triumphant.

2.2.14 HeartGold and SoulSilver – Undaunted.2.2.13 HeartGold and SoulSilver – Unleashed.2.2.6 Diamond and Pearl – Legends Awakened.2.2.5 Diamond and Pearl – Majestic Dawn.2.2.4 Diamond and Pearl – Great Encounters.2.2.3 Diamond and Pearl – Secret Wonders.2.2.2 Diamond and Pearl – Mysterious Treasures.1.1.1 1998 Pokémon Demo Game Plastic Pack.The sets are generally broken into two lists: one for the first line of Wizards of the Coast cards and the second after Nintendo's acquisition of the card game after Wizards. As of March 2017, 23.6 billion cards had been shipped worldwide. The large difference stems from non-holofoil duplicates of rare cards included in English sets that are not printed in Japanese sets. As of September 2017, Collectively, there are 6,959 cards in the Japanese sets and 9,110 cards in the English sets. As of April 2022, there are 98 card sets released in America and 91 in Japan, including special sets. This is a list of Pokémon Trading Card Game sets which is a collectible card game first released in Japan in 1996. JSTOR ( November 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources.įind sources: 'List of Pokémon Trading Card Game sets' – news

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