Promotional cards are often released to promote a new game, event, or crossover. All notable promotional cards have been cataloged here for your viewing pleasure.
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The first promotional cards to be released were in Japan's CoroCoro Comic magazine in 1996. They are of Pikachu and Jigglypuff. Both are very hard to obtain due to how old they are and being region-locked. |
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This Mew promotional card was released in 1997, once again in the CoroCoro Comic magazine. Made to promote the upcoming Jungle expansion. |
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This promotional card was released in summer of 1997 in the CoroCoro Comic magazine while the first Pokemon TCG Tournament was held in Japan. It is also the first jumbo card to be printed and distributed. |
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The infamous Illustrator card. Only released once in a limited batch to winners of an illustration contest. 39 were printed, but only a small handful have survived to today. One has sold for $16 million in the recent past. |