From the Japanime Vault - Updated October 24, 2021

No …

Yes, it’s a Pokemon card. It is not some type of packaging.

No …

Strike one, strike two …

It’s not a checklist card. And all Pokemon cards have info. Could you be more specific?

It’s time to give everyone a sneak peek at the front of the card :open_mouth:

Students of the game will certainly recognize this illustrator’s name. But if you’re not already sure who she is, don’t bother with Bulbapedia. :wink:

So i’m guessing… it’s not a promo… it’s from the expansion set right?

Purple? Is this card…PSYCHIC?!

(Cue lame joke in 3…2…1…)

ZENER CARDS LOLOLOLOL

Is it this or this?

EDIT: Wait, those won’t work - wrong year.

Now it seems like everyone is just guessing. There’s nothing to be learned from simple guesses. :stuck_out_tongue:

Is it time for me to reveal the answer? Or would you all like me to continue to test the limits of your knowledge of Pokemon? ;D

REVEAL THE DAMN ANSWER

Are you sure? At one point, you were so close to getting it right!

:open_mouth:
Which point?!

Young grasshopper asks me another question. Yet he never answers mine. ;D

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yasumin.diarynote.jp/201103032226106269/

I believe this article discusses the card (somewhat).

Finally somebody figured it out! But not until I posted a picture of the entire card. :open_mouth:

The interesting thing about this “First Grade” Teach Set (not “kindergarten”) is that it was actually released twice, and there are subtle variations between the two. Both are magnificent.

I was surprised, however, that nobody picked up on the many clues I left throughout my posts:

See what I did there? ;D

That’s what teachers expect their students to do when given a test — answer questions, not ask them. :stuck_out_tongue:

Yes, I’m definitely old school. :sunglasses:

There are six Pokemon character cards in the set.

Teachers love giving gold stars to their brightest students. :-*

I’m pretty sure everyone knows that “sensei” is the Japanese word for “teacher.” That was the first of the two clues I provided in that post (the second clue being the name of the card’s illustrator).

Daelum was getting close — these could be considered “information” cards — but I wanted a more specific answer. Instead, he followed up with another question.

To which I later replied:

I figured this reference to the “Kung Fu” TV series — in which “young grasshopper” was the student and the person addressing him was his teacher — might have elicited the correct answer.

Unfortunately, it did not. :sob:

In any case, thanks for taking the test. :blush:

How rare are these cards?

Quite rare. At least, that’s my opinion.

Much like the original “Teach” set from the 1990s, these are cards that very few people discuss or even know about.

Even the much-vaunted Bulbapedia makes no mention of them, despite the fact that one of the cards was illustrated by one of all-time “greats,” Kagemaru Himeno.

Plus, they are the sort of cards that are nearly impossible to find in mint condition, because they were distributed to very young children rather than collectors.

Where can I find a picture of the old Teach set from the 1990s?
I believe I bought the latest “Teach” set unpeeled, but I’m not sure it’s the one you mentioned. I’ll have to do some searching this evening :blush:

I posted my complete Teach set in this thread. It’s on Page 5, and you can find it about two-thirds the way down the page. Here’s a link that will take you to Page 5.

www.elitefourum.com/t/from-the-japanime-vault-updated-october-24-2021/11101/1

Also, “Teach” cards aren’t peel-aways like the popular Corocoro promos. Rather, they are perforated.

You sneaky devil, you :grin: thank you so much for the entertainment :blush: I tried so hard to figure it out, but alas it seems I got a failing grade :wink:

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