original series pokemon cards Pokémon at 30: Multimillion-dollar and spiking demand. Here's why you've still gotta catch 'em all 1st Edition - Old Pokemon

Pushing the base 2000 or 4th variant is an important distinction too over the 4th print misnomer

Age range Pokmon spans ages like a well-leveled Pikachu: Grades K2 : Focus on simple card matching, coloring sheets, and storytelling (What if Squirtle visited our school?)

Black appeals to players who like to feel like theyre getting away with something. Black allows for a lot of flexible resource management, being able to reanimate and sacrifice creatures at advantageous rates while generating bursts of mana, life, and card draw

All that said, since theres no definitive way for you to be sure, simply assume theyre aftermarket cuts