The 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon TCG was the most popular trading card game at the height of what many called "Pokemania" during the late 1990s and early aughts. At the time, Japan almost always saw new Pokemon merchandise before the rest of the world, meaning that many cardsᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ cam💙e out in Japanese before versions of them in other languages were released.
This trend continues even today, though it's less noticeable with how fast new cards are produced. However, not all Pokemon cards have made it out of Japan, with many only being obtainable through specific events or promotions that didn't happen anywhere else.
10 ꦆMischievous Pichu
Mischievous Pichu was released as part of the P-Lab Project, a collaboration between Graniph, a Japanese fashion brand, Hajime Syacho, a Japanese content crea♏tor, and the Pokemon TCG. The only way to obtain Mischievous Pichu was to either purchase a P-Lab product from Graniph stores or purchase eligible products from the Pokemon Centers or Pokemon Stores that participa🍌ted in the campaign.
Although Mischievous Pichu has only been officially rel🍸eased in Japanese since it was part of a Japan-exclusive collaboration, some P-Lab products show an English translation of the card. Whether an official English release was initially planned, however, is unknown.
9 ꦛ Pokemon Illustrator 🦩
Pokemon Illustrator is known by many to be one of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the rarest Pokemon cards in existence, as only 41 copies exist. Although previously, there were thought only to be 39. While Pokemon Illustrator isn't a playable card - as it has no effect - it was given to winners of three illustration contests run by the magazine Corocoro Comic between November 1997 and August 1998.
Those who won the Best Award for the second co🍬ntest recei𝔍ved 20 copies of the card rather than only one copy as the other winners had received. Despite not being playable, Pokemon Illustrator remains one of the most famous Pokemon cards.
8 ♈ Lucky Stadium Reg𒁏ional Versions
The Lucky Stadium stadium card may hꦡave two English versions with exclusive alternate art. In Japan, though, it has eight different versio🃏ns with alternate art based on the different regions of Japan and the Tropical Mega Battle version. These stadium cards were given out to players who participated in the Japanese World Challenge Summer tournaments in the Summer of 2000.
Participants who made it to the Tropical Mega Battle tournament received the T🎃ropical Mega Battle version, which is the only bilingual print of the card and happens to be extremely rare, with only 50 known copies in existence.
7 Pokemon Pal City 🤪
Lik🐭e Lucky Stadium, Pokemon Pal City is a stadium card with alternate artwork based on the different regions of Japan. In contrast, it has no non-regional versions and has not been printed in any other language besides Japanese.
Pokemon Pal City was a card given out to those who participated in Summer Battle Road tournaments in 2007 and was named after a nationwide tour during Pokemon Festa 2007. Each card version features two Pokemon that reflect the region's environment, such as the Hokkaido version featuring Teddiursa and Abomasnow since the region is known for bears and snowfall.
6 Explosive Birth Lug♛ia
While there were surprisingly no promotional cards featuring Lugia during the theatrical or home video 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:releases of Pokemon 2000 despite having a starring role, it was included in the Tenth Movie Commemorati♋on Set that fe🔴atured cards of legendary Pokemon from the previous nine movies. Known as Explosive Birth Lugia, this card has the attacks Hyper Beam and Aeroblast at its disposal.
Hyper Beam deals 20 damage but can also discard an🀅 energy card from the defending Pokemon if a coin flip results in heads. Aeroblast deals 40 base damage, but depending on the results of two coin flips, it can cause from 20 to 40 additional damage.
5 Reverse World's Giratina
Reverse World's Giratina was a card included in the 11th Movie Commemoration Set, which featured Pokemon from the film 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Giratina And The Sky Warrior. Reverse World's Giratina is shown in its Origin Forme, the form it takes in the Reverse World.
Reverse World's Giratina has the Shadow Force attack, which deals no base damage but ten damage to the chosen benched Pokemon and can prevent all attack damage and effects that target it on the opponent's next turn if the required coin flip results in heads. Reverse World's Giratina also has a Will-O-Wisp attack that causes 60 damage with no additional effect.
4 Champion's League
Champion's League is a unique stadium card because only specific players can use it, specifically Champion Leaguers, the top four players of each division during the Champion's League tournaments in 2005, 2006, and 2007. As long as Champion's League is on the field, any Champion's Leaguer can look at their opponent's hand.
In 2007, the art for Champion's League was changed from a Trainer card to a Stadium card since 168🍌澳洲幸运5开奖网:Stadium cards had become a separate type of 𝓀card from Trainer cards at that point. In 2009, Champion's League tournaments were replaced by World Championship Qualifiers.
3 🐽 Pikachu, Jigglypuff, And Clefairy ꦯ
Pikachu, Jiꦡgglypuff, and Clefairy is a jumbo card included with the July 1997 issue of CoroCoro Comic. The three Pokemon featured on the card are also characters that appear in the Magical Pokemon Journey manga as Pokemon that the main character Hazel has befriended.
Although seven volumes of the manga were officially released in English, the jumbo card was never included. While the card isn't officially playable, it can use a move called Come Over Here, which allows the player to take one of their opponent's benched Pokemon and put it on their bench as long as they have space.
2 3vs3 Dugtrio Teaꩲm 👍Battle Extra Rule
In Japan🦹, some Pokemon cards have been exclusive to vending machines, such as the Extra Rule cards. Extra Rule cards have the players add a rule at the beginning of their match, ranging from playing with fewer prize cards to switching their decks.
The most interesting of the Extra Rule cards is 3vs3 Dugtrio Team Battle, named after the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:three-headed Ground-type Pokemon, which has two three-person teams playing against each other in one-on-one battles, with whichever team wins twice being considered the winner. The card doesn't do anything to change the rules of battle, but it at least adds a fun team element to the game.
1 Great Rocket's Mewtwo
Great Rocket's Mewtwo is one of two cards that came with copies of Pokemon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!, the Japan-exclusive sequel to the Pokemon Trading Card Game for Game Boy Color. Great Rocket's Mewtwo's Pokemon Power Dark Wave supports Pokemon with Dark in their name by boosting their attack damage by 20 to 30 points, depending on the results of one to two coin flips.
It also has a Dark Amplification attack where players flip coins corresponding to how many Dark Pokemon they have on their bench, withܫ 20 points of damage for each coin flip that results in heads in addition to 20 base damage.