Collector notes

What we learned about cards, print runs and editions while building the catalog. Every entry with sources.

• 2026-10-16
  Base Set Machamp only exists as 1st Edition
  No Unlimited, no unstamped Shadowless: every holo Machamp 8/102 carries the 1st Edition stamp.
• 2026-10-16
  Aquapolis and Skyridge: the H holos have no reverse holo
  H1–H32 are separate holo cards. Reverse holos only exist for cards in the regular numbering.
• 2026-10-16
  Pokémon VS and Pokémon web: there is only the 1st Edition
  Both 2001 Japanese sets were only printed once. The 1st Edition stamp does not mark a separate print run here.
• 2026-10-16
  Japanese vintage cards have no card number
  “No. 009” on a Japanese Blastoise is the Pokédex number, not the card number.
• 2026-10-16
  Dark Raichu 83/82: the first secret rare
  Team Rocket has 82 cards, Dark Raichu is number 83 and a holo.
• 2026-10-15
  Pokémon-ex and Gold Stars have no reverse holo
  In the EX sets, reverse holos only exist for regular cards, not for ex cards or Gold Stars.