Hi friends! Today I’d like to share my most recent Glaceon pickup: the 2018 Korean League promo.
It was the late hours of a December morning when I received a message from a Korean collector on Instagram with a link. I had talked to them previously about the Korean League promo, and we left off with them telling me they’d message me immediately if they ever saw one. Korean boards are often login gated, so I didn’t even know what it was at first for sure. Lo and behold, one of the rarest Glaceon ever printed was listed for the first time in two years.
The rarity of this card stems from the fact that it was only handed out at the first year Korean League was introduced to replace WCS in Korea. Additionally, players had to accumulate BP (Battle Points) to redeem the various prizes offered. These BP were rewarded for each win in a separate “free-for-all” bracket that was different from the main competition. One win was only 100 BP, and Glaceon (alongside Leafeon) were 1000 BP prizes. Also, if a player got to 1500 or 2000 BP, they could get a deck box or a playmat, which perhaps at the time was more attractive, or simply not enough people got 10 wins in the separate bracket. (Thank you to @goonhoon for the info I paraphrased off of!)
I cannot thank @jp1004 enough for helping me get this card home. None of this would have been possible without him. I am BEYOND excited to have this card in my collection. I still remember the day that I saw a photo of it for the first time, then went to Google it and found NOTHING 
Owning this card feels absolutely surreal. I’m so happy to share it with everyone here on E4!!
