www.elitefourum.com/t/pojos-may-2000-whos-the-rarest-of-them-all-magazine-article/13885/1
Before I joined I found this forum by googling for scans of this particular magazine article to reminiscence about birthday pikachu.
The illustrator and trophy pikachus have always been at the top.
I 100% agree with odd’s reasoning above.