As an avid ex card fan these 2 blew me back when I first saw them. The First is known as Aura’s Lucario ex and the second Folklore’s Lucario ex. They were both released in Japanese theme decks as a way to promote the 8th Pokemon movie Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. A fun fact about Folklore’s Lucario is it was also in the same box that released the gold stars for Mewtwo and Pikachu in Japan.
Not really something I should have known about per se, as in they’re commonly available like your Neo Genesis Clefairy example, but it still surprises me when we see cards from decades ago for the first time nowadays. The most recent example is the SNAP Magikarp, for which both the first sale AND first picture of a physical copy happened this year.
And one that probably surprised me the most: the two Glossy Keiji Kinebuchi Ivy Pikachu versions, one from the October 1998 Gekkan CoroCoro lottery Comic that’s limited to 2k copies (popped up in September 2018) and one from a still unknown origin with shifted artwork (popped up in August 2021). This second one I’m still missing myself in my Pikachu collection, but I did find the first one recently. It still surprises me every time a new Pikachu is being discovered, especially those from pre-2000, considering how long the TCG already exist and everyone is collecting including myself.
Even as someone who has no intention of ever collecting this card it has still been very interesting to follow the development of the story. I love the greenish hue of the shifted version.
Maybe the perfect thread to mention this, but I’ve never seen these colors on these cards & I’ve seen them on yahoo Japan, what are these? Why are the colors different? Can’t find any info.
For me, it’s the ‘cards’ that were included in the sealed WotC Black Star Promos (most of which are featured here I believe).
I have had the Ancient Mew details cards for years (have it loose and sealed), but that one was pretty famous. I got the Neo card (with Unown and Pichu on that came with Entei) loose in bulk about 10 or so years ago, but never identified it came with a sealed promo until a year ago or so.
But the rest, including the ‘Catch Mew!’, ‘Master the game!’ and ‘Legendary Birds’ (and their slight variations), I didn’t even know existed until recently! I’ve since added them to my database.
PS: My first post here on E4! I’ve been a lurker for years, and been involved with the TCG community on reddit for many years too, but I figured I might start focusing my attention on here as well, as other users I’ve spoken with in some capacity are also in this forum.
The older Pokémon cards especially fade pretty quickly, but even the newer cards can fade. When it’s done on purpose in a sunny country for about a year, it can look pretty cool though:
@quuador Yeah they both could be by the sun, especially the Pikachu, the Mew though looks like a completely different color, if that is by the sun which I’m assuming it is, I wonder if all purple cards would turn into such a blue like that, pretty cool though. Makes me think what colors turn to what colors in certain stages of fading now.