I found this thread while trying to research this Weepinbell card I blindly bought from my LCS recently.
Like yours, it matches the playing cards distributed in the January 1999 issue of Shogakukan Kindergarten magazine, but lacks the playing card suit/rank (instead having a blank space where they should be). Unlike yours, however, mine is not holographic. The back of mine is completely blank, no letters or design, just plain white like the rest of the card. I’m deeply curious if these are fakes, misprints, or something else.
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While searching for Porygon Poker Cards I found this one on Ebay.
If I’m not wrong I don’t see it in the original OP.
Any additional info on this “Marrill Silver Deck”?
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There’s 4 different sets,
- Gold Version
- Gold Version Part 2 (Pichu back)
- Silver Version
- Silver Version Part 2 (Marill back)
Fun Fact: You only get 2 of the 3 starters per deck and it’s completely random which ones you get.
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This is my go to page for Poker Deck info and this is the first time I’ve found some I can not see here 
Recently purchased two mini adv decks but unfortunately have no info for them, if I missed a post above about them my apologies 
I’ll drop some photos below 
Thank you for looking!
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Thanks for the better pictures and also pictures of the back/box! 
Do you by any change know what these two decks are called, or who manufactured them?
Greetz,
Quuador
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Yeah, there’s still a few mini decks that aren’t on here of that variety.
The majority of them are attachments included with magazines and it is usually easy enough to search them.
I don’t have them all recorded, but i’ve come across a number of them.
There’s this one for example:
Which you can see for sale in various places, such as here.
As per Google Gemini, the back on this one says:
The text in the blue oval says:
しんかトランプ (shinka toranpu)
しんか (shinka): This could mean several things depending on the kanji, but in a children’s context like this, it most likely means 進化 (shinka) which means “evolution.”
トランプ (toranpu): This is the Japanese word for “playing cards” (from the word “trump”).
So, this line likely means: “Evolution Playing Cards” or “Shinka Playing Cards.”
The text at the bottom says:
小学二年生12月号ふろく (shōgaku ninensei jūnigatsugō furoku)
小学 (shōgaku): Elementary school
二年生 (ninensei): Second-grade student
12月号 (jūnigatsugō): December issue (of a magazine)
ふろく (furoku): This is the hiragana for 付録 (furoku), which means “appendix,” “supplement,” or, very commonly for magazines, a “free gift” or “bonus item.”
So, this line means: “Elementary School Second Grade, December Issue, Free Supplement/Gift.”
In summary:
It indicates that the “Evolution Playing Cards” (or “Shinka Playing Cards”) are a free gift/supplement included with the December issue of a magazine for second-grade elementary school students.
There are a number of publications mentioned earlier that had a history of such releases and a lot of them don’t state where they are from.
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First set is from: Shogakukan Learning Magazine - Elementary School First Grade - 2004 December Issue
(小学館の学年別学習雑誌 小学一年生 ２００４年１２月号)
It’s a magazine insert.
Images from online: Yahoo!オークション - ポケモン えあわせ トランプ GET バトルホッケー...
Advertised on the front as “Pokemon Trump” (ポケモン トランプ) cards.
Second set is also from a Shogakukan Learning Magazine - Elementary School First Grade issue (you can see the logo of the magazine, specifically the logo for “First Grade” on the top of the box), but I haven’t been able to identify which issue.
Image from online:
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Thank you guys for the info, it is very much appreciated is there a thread or page that showcases the Shogakukan or other magazines? I have a few items that I believe were inserts and am looking for years for them
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