#1 - NO RARITY IS THE 1ST EDITION PRINTING OF THE JAPANESE BASE SET Pokemon cards were released and printed by Media Factory in Japan on 20th October 1996 Prior to release, advertisements, print and media showed cards with no rarity symbols Many of the cards contain errors: Venusaur, Charizard, Raichu and Gastly Before no rarity was mainstream collectors noticed the difference as far back as 2000 Media Factory would not print cards with errors after already having the correct versions The above information helps prove that no rarity was the first edition or the first wave of the Japanese Base Set
America must have seen a surge of interest in horror movies that year to justify creation of so many such films
The "HERO" archetype is the second largest archetype in the Yu-Gi-Oh
There was something about the feverous demand for the cards - the shiny ones, the powerful ones, the ones with the coolest critters on the front - that drove prepubescent children to lie, cheat, steal, start black markets, and fight
I stood at the table for five minutes afterwards, examining the end state, not wanting to tidy away just yet