Chinese
Chinese, both Simplified and Traditional, has been seemingly hard for me to find. All of these cards are thanks to a friend of a friend who happened to be able to dig through bulk in China for me. I would feel bad asking for help again… so here’s where the Chinese language collection stands for now!
Tao Ti Promo - Traditional Chinese
This promo was released in collaboration with Tao Ti in Hong Kong in 2024. A random TCG promo card (Tropius, Bounsweet, Exeggutor) per 2 drinks purchased. I don’t know if this was released unsleeved or in a plastic seal, but it would be neat to find a sealed one if they exist!
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Other Languages
In terms of other languages, I have a little bit of everything. I am extremely happy to have a copy of the Polish and Russian releases.
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Gramedia Stamped Promo - Indonesian
In November 2021, Pokemon collaborated with Toko Buku Gramedia Bookstores to release a TCG card with purchase. Gramedia continued to collaborate with Pokemon for TCG promo releases through 2022 for a total of 5 releases, so check to see if your favorite Pokemon has one of these stamped promos! This specific November release featured Shellder, Cloyster, Wobbuffet, Galarian Zapdos, Galarian Moltres, Skarmory, and Bagon.
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Vuala Sealed Promo - Spanish
In 2023, Pokemon collaborated with Mexican snack brand Vualá to release promo cards. A random card could be found in packages of Vualá Sorpresa, a type of sweet pastry with flavored fillings. Besides the individually sealed cards and backing card, there’s nothing unique about the Pokemon card itself. It lacks a stamp or anything identifiable when it’s removed from the package. I actually have quite a few of these besides Tropius, and it was a rather large set.
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Jerky Tropius AR/IR
I had the honor of meeting TCG artist, Jerky, at the Pokemon World Championships in 2026! I was able to tell him about my attempt to collect every language of his Tropius AR/IR artwork. However, I was bummed to see there was no representation of his Tropius art at the TCG art museum display at Worlds alongside almost every other card art he’s illustrated… Here’s my progress so far!
