I’m reaching out today to seek the most up to date information. It is indisputable, that the first official Pokemon cards are the 1996 Bandai carddass. But are they the first ever period? I would say so because the prototype cards (if they’re real) are technically not cards. They are thin paper, mou…

I believe it is assumed those cards were printed on ancient mew card stock. Which was released after base set. These were also obtained through Akabane if I’m not mistaken so there is some authenticity issues.

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Welcome to the forum, I noticed some of your information had some flaws I suggest looking up some information online, here’s a good summary of the history (keep in mind they are an auction site so they will try to spin some information differently) Fanatics Collect | Trading Cards, Memorabilia & Mo…

Mr wonka is a fun guy. Ive been looking for like the first edition cards but what i see is not first edition. Now, those top sun 1995 vards were out in 1995. Those are the closests to the first edition japanese version i can find. Though, where are all the english versions of 1995 first edition pok…

I am going to get into buy cards and things soon again. My school was about the pogs and pokemon that year. They took pokemon seriously. Some kid brought in a topsun blue black charizard to brag once. PSA is screwing people by saying topsun is 1997. They were around in 1995 like the cards say. Tho…

You may find this thread interesting! [image] Topsun 1995->1997 update officially happening with PSA. 1996 Bandai Carddass = The TRUE ROOKIES! Grading Hey all, some very exciting news to bring to the Pokémon card collecting community today. This is also a…

Nothing related to pokemon was released in 1995 or prior. The official trading card game released in Oct. 1996 in Japan and January 1999 in English. Topsun released in 1997 as well. Please do not mistake copyright years for release years.

[image] 1996 - Verified timeline of Pokemon Card release dates Articles Introduction With an abundance of both disinformation and misinformation within the community, it can be hard to sort through the facts from fiction. Therefore the purpose of this post…

[image] rtas: Nothing related to pokemon was released in 1995 or prior. Technically, this is incorrect. The very first officially released Pokémon product are indeed the Japanese GameBoy Games, released on February 27th, 1996. But, the first versions of pre-release flyers for those games wer…

Seeing 1989 and Pocket Monsters in one sentence is just crazy! Soviet Union still existed back then, Germany was still divided and the World Wibe Web had just been invented!

What are the true first Pokemon cards?

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rainbow October 30, 2025, 11:14pm 64

Enough with the rumours.

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