These formats also allow a host of other cards from select expansions and releases (including those promotional cards that came free in McDonalds Happy Meals for a while), which are the same for Pokmon TCG and TCGO, and can be found on the Pokmon website
Elite Fourum Collectors Guide to Pokmon Asia Championship Series Promos (Part 2: Current System) Articles promo, article, tournament, asia rabby250 February 25, 2025, 5:53pm 1 What is This Guide for This guide is for collectors who are interested in promo cards printed with the following stamps: image19201080 117 KB Promo cards printed with these stamps are from the Pokmon Asia Championship Series in its current system, which we will introduce in this guide
I actually used to like them because I liked the holo pattern they had and I could use them as stickers
Vintage Market Resilience (But Not Immunity) WOTC-era and vintage grails showing relative strength but facing pressure: Holding Strong: True grails (1st Edition Base Set Charizard PSA 10) Low-pop vintage cards in high grades Iconic Gen 1-2 cards with generational nostalgia Vintage sealed products (original booster boxes) Showing Weakness: Mid-tier vintage cards (not top 1% rarity or condition) Common vintage cards even in high grades Vintage cards without strong character appeal Slipping as buyers become more selective and liquidity dries up Why the market is correcting TL;DR: Multiple factors converging simultaneously: aggressive overproduction by The Pokmon Company creating supply gluts, too many chase card variants diluting attention, macroeconomic pressure reducing discretionary spending, and speculation fatigue after years of unsustainable "everything goes up" mentality

Technically my very first fake cards from back in the day were made from blanks that I had produced from 1st Edition Base Set scans, but I had artificially added a Shadowd border in order to make them look more like the post-Unlimited Jungle-era blanks