Best of winner Promo Elm 3

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I was looking at information on this set on bulbapedia, which displays at the other cards in the set, but leaves this one out. It is listed on troll and road, but it claims to be sold out. The question is, does it actually exist, or is it just very rare? Thanks!

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Seems that this particular card has been sold out for a very long time. There’s a 2012 discussion about this over on PokeGym.net: pokegym.net/community/index.php?threads/professor-elm-best-promo.168151

@djgigabyte weighed in at the time with:

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Thanks for your help! So just to confirm, do you know how many cards were part of this set, are the rest just the same as the best of winner promos, as I can’t seen to find a best of game mewtwo either? Thanks

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I believe it was:

8 winners
7 non winners
10 Energy’s (9 + the Multi Energy comes in a winner too)
Btw
,it’s one of my favorite sets;)

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These cards were released through BattleZone tournaments and were essentially a ‘parting gift’ to the fans of the TCG, as Wizards knew their license to produce the cards was to terminate.

Despite the collection being made to commemorate some of the best playable cards, four new cards that had never previously been released in English were produced. Rocket’s Scizor, Rocket’s Sneasel, Dark Ivysaur and Dark Venusaur were promotional cards in Japan (Dark Ivysaur and Dark Venusaur were also subsequently reprinted in PokĂ©mon Web). Their release was not anticipated and was a surprise for those attending the events. While these cards remained plain, the other cards received a special reverse-holographic treatment.

There were also several variants of the cards released. PokĂ©mon Professors and Tournament Organizers received versions of some cards, which have a gold foil “Winner” stamp in the bottom right corner of the illustration, called Winner Cards. The regular cards given to participants are often referred to as “non-Winner” versions. Exceptions to these include Professor Elm, Rocket’s Mewtwo and Rocket’s Hitmonchan, as the scheduled BattleZone tournaments were canceled after Wizards lost their license. Jumbo versions of all cards except Professor Elm cards were also released, which lack the reverse-holographic treatment. Professor Elm is also the only card not to have a version with the gold foil “Winner” stamp in the bottom right corner of the illustration.

In addition, all of these cards had an error. The energy symbols in place, by the attacks, are slightly misplaced and are put a little more to the left than usual.

No. Card name Type Promotion
1 Electabuzz Lightning BattleZone (December 2002)
2 Hitmonchan Fighting BattleZone (February 2003)
3 Professor Elm T Gencon 2003
4 Rocket’s Scizor Metal BattleZone (March 2003)
5 Rocket’s Sneasel Darkness BattleZone (January 2003)
6 Dark Ivysaur Grass BattleZone (April 2003)
7 Dark Venusaur Grass BattleZone (May 2003)
8 Rocket’s Mewtwo Psychic BattleZone (June 2003)
9 Rocket’s Hitmonchan Fighting BattleZone (July 2003)

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Lol I just looked at this the other day, seems overvalued but would like to read other’s opinions. I was actually just curious and was going to frame these.

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This is what I got so far:

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@teamrocketop, all those images seem to be broken, I only see placeholder images.

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Odd, I dont see any issues w/ the images O.o

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I can’t see them either


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They work for me. Great cards.

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Isn’t this Hitmonchan different than base? 60hp vs 70hp? How’d that happen? Lol

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This is what I see. All of the images return the same:

@missingno that’s the regular Best Of card, not the Winner card which is marked as sold out on T&T.

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Oh okay, ill fix that.