# A 2001 French VS Tropical Mega Battle card has appeared! **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** french, tmb\ **Created:** [May 16, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177 "2024-05-16T13:08:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gaano](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/gaano/32/2226_2.png) [@gaano](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/gaano)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177/1 "2024-05-16T13:08:16Z")
Hello everyone, Just wanted to share something that only a few people noticed during LeGalaTCG in Paris. For the first time, a French VS TMB 2001 card has appeared ! This is the last non-english set from which we didn’t know any card ! Only one set was awarded to the only French participant, so it is theoretically a 1/1 card. ![thumbnail_IMG_0070](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/0/9/09e710a5f9b6796b2c5a5fde9d12b0cd5c481fbf.jpeg) The question is now to know if it is an extra copy or if the original French participant finally decided to sell his 1/1 full set… 🙂 (Thanks @neos\_pkmn on Instagram who accepted that I share their picture of the card) ---
**Author:** ![Ratequaza](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/ratequaza/32/75757_2.png) [@Ratequaza](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Ratequaza)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177/2 "2024-05-16T16:00:22Z")
I recall that someone who claimed to know the owner of the French cards commented on a TMB thread here that they didn’t want to share images in fear of the cards being faked (which apparently caused the owner of the German cards to think the same way and delete the entire thread, or that’s at least what I think has happed). So I’m not entirely sure if they either changed their mind and allowed that public display, for some reason sold the card, if there is an extra copy or the other person commenting back then wasn’t right (or if it’s me remembering something wrong, lots of options haha). Anyway, that’s a pretty interesting development indeed. ---
**Author:** ![smpratte](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/smpratte/32/79511_2.png) [@smpratte](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/smpratte)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177/3 "2024-05-16T16:12:28Z")
Yes we did have a German winner post here ages ago. An Italian winner appeared as well. Curious how one of the euro langue’s would do today as they are typically more niche than English and Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![dromanyte](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dromanyte/32/155987_2.png) [@dromanyte](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/dromanyte)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177/4 "2024-05-16T16:23:37Z")
Based on that photo I could work editing in Adobe Photoshop and this is the result _(thanks neos\_pkmn for the image)_ ![Tropical Breeze FR](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/1/a/1afd395edeffcdf0b4e74411a4da11b52b96027e.png) Looks like a Glossy card, but it’s the light reflected in the plastic protector ---
**Author:** ![Will](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/will/32/223509_2.png) [@Will](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177/5 "2024-05-16T16:59:47Z")
So cool to see things like this come up, thank you for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![Ratequaza](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/ratequaza/32/75757_2.png) [@Ratequaza](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Ratequaza)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177/6 "2024-08-17T08:04:10Z")
The German copy has now also reappeared, graded and featured by PSA on [their Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/C-vhUCySYYZ/). Makes me curious if @andremon graded the card himself or if it changed hands in the meantime. ![455699479_515558110918491_8831902214277176222_n](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/6/0/6057f00cc9c63d5e95b182ac6bc8a9d329ea9b97.jpeg) Edit: I don’t know if PSA handles special cards like these separately, but I just noticed that the English, German and French copies that were shown all have adjacent cert numbers. So normally you’d assume they were all part of the same submission. ---
**Author:** ![gaano](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/gaano/32/2226_2.png) [@gaano](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/gaano)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177/7 "2024-08-17T09:00:49Z")
Yes they are apparently from the same subsmission ! That’s crazy ! I hope we will see the other French cards soon Here is the French one that has been graded since le gala TCG ![IMG_0736](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/6/f/6f7b89f6f516c8aff72af8d8a1802a9f0486c2f4.jpeg) ![IMG_0737](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/5/3/533535dd2009333da6663978b6aec594f5715c44.jpeg) ![IMG_0738](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/f/9/f9f9cae410a24c354e7b0e0602becc166cbc6771.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mussundwerdich](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/mussundwerdich/32/113467_2.png) [@Mussundwerdich](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Mussundwerdich)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177/8 "2024-12-10T16:41:21Z")
as a german native, I have to have this card! ---
**Author:** ![neos](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/neos/32/230931_2.png) [@neos](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/neos)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177/9 "2025-01-16T15:53:39Z")
Since it’s no longer a secret (thanks banet\_1965)… ![474018256_3848199258772054_3485512946970459569_n](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/c/7/c7fe6104eafe3653b5285a0e00166cc4ed139222.jpeg) I received this pic in private on May 2024, along with a video from a Lotus employee. They were asking 600k for the deck. They made clear they weren’t the owners but that he was attending the Gala Tcg 2024 in France. Funny enough I was there too and I could see the Tropical Breeze with my own eyes. You all guessed who the owner is, this Tropical Breeze copy has the same exact edgewears as the one graded by PSA 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![smpratte](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/smpratte/32/79511_2.png) [@smpratte](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/smpratte)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177/10 "2025-01-16T16:24:51Z")
I was offered this as well from a couple accounts. I don’t know what their strategy is but it weird. Either way 600k is a big ask. ---
**Author:** ![neos](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/neos/32/230931_2.png) [@neos](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/neos)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/a-2001-french-vs-tropical-mega-battle-card-has-appeared/48177/11 "2025-01-16T16:37:54Z")
Apparently the owner spent 400k on it, so it makes sense he won’t let it go below 500k. My main question is how is it related to them. Maybe this deck isn’t from the player but Akabane/an employee (weird for a PSA6 card).