what are the first edition pokemon cards card that started it all 🔥✨ , 1999 Pokémon Base Set 1st Holo Charizard, graded CGC GEM MINT 10. A true cornerstone of the hobby and one of the most iconic Pokémon ever created., Gym Challenge Pokemon "1st Edition" Dark Electrode

Great Tusk Alternative EX Alternative Art is going for over 35 (around $45 ) as of the set release

What adds to the allure of this card is Willie Mays himself, who went on to become one of the greatest players in baseball history

Centering is the biggest challenge for this card in an otherwise modest set

Given its worldwide popularity and the fact that it has been going strong ever since 1998, it's not surprising that thousands and thousands of cards have been made of the various monster, spell, and trap cards in its 30-year history

For collectors, its an audacious artwork filled to the brim with everything we love about Pokemon, and picturing a classic favorite

What adds to its allure is the fact that it was originally distributed as a prize inside Cracker Jack boxes, making it one of the earliest examples of baseball cards as a promotional item