how to identify a first edition pokemon card Did you know this about the original Charizard? Also sorry for saying 1997 I meant 1996, don’t know what happened there ahaha I bought 1st edition base

First editions were ultra rare in the original American Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon packs, so they're particularly valuable to collectors

Base set 1st edition Shadowless Pokmon: Real or Fake

Ungraded Alpha Cards Alpha has been released in 1993, which means all these cards are now 30 years old

Only six copies have been logged by PSA according to Goldin, where this near mint copy sold for $58,560

GGC Max Leaf 170 Heal 30 damage from this Pokmon

makes it pretty easy to pick the rare cards out of a deck, with their Ultra Rare cards having holographic card art, their Secret Rare cards having rainbow foil and holographic finish, and so on