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Promos Info: American Promo Card Archive So far, there have been a good number of confirmed Promo cards released on the US, along with rumors of cards to come. Here I'll provide you with what the promo cards are and a bit of history on them, and some rumors to other promos to come. Thie history will give you some meaning to your boring life. If you click on their names, you can see an image of the card. How many other Promo Pages do that? ... All of them? Bah. I've got nothin'. Name: Number: Released: Event: History: Pikachu 01 July 1999 Pokémon League Back in June 1999, the hot topic on the internet was that a few 1st Edition Promo Pikachus were "accidentally" added to packs of 1st Ed. Jungle. Well, WotC said it was "accidental", however almost everyone on the internet thinks it was intentional. Anyway, the chances of getting one was like 1 in every 10 boxes (so it's extremely rare). Right now it's worth at least $60, however some were easily auctioned off on eBay for $1,000 and up. I'm guessing that promos were originally going to be 1st Edition in the first place, but then this little event permanently turned them into non-1st Editions. ... Maybe it's all part of a plan.... hmm..... Electabuzz 02 September 1999 Pokémon: the First Movie One of 4 Pokémon TCG promos handed out whenever you watched Pokémon: the First Movie (Mewtwo Strikes Back). Mewtwo 03 September 1999 Pokémon: the First Movie One of 4 Pokémon TCG promos handed out whenever you watched Pokémon: the First Movie (Mewtwo Strikes Back). Pikachu 04 September 1999 Pokémon: the First Movie One of 4 Pokémon TCG promos handed out whenever you watched Pokémon: the First Movie (Mewtwo Strikes Back). Dragonite 05 September 1999 Pokémon: the First Movie One of 4 Pokémon TCG promos handed out whenever you watched Pokémon: the First Movie (Mewtwo Strikes Back). Arcanine 06 March 2000 Pokémon League Nothing really to talk about. Well, this was the first Fire promo card released... that's about it. Jigglypuff 07 December 1999 Pokémon: the First Movie Soundtrack Mail-in Promo If you bought the Pokémon Movie Soundtrack, you got a little mail in form to get a Pokémon TCG promo card, a Jigglypuff. Personally I don't this buying the soundtrack was worth the promo. I mean, which such lousy bands on that CD, it's just flat out horrible. Word has it that this card also was passed out during the East STS qualifiers in 2000. Mew 08 January 2000 Pokémon League If you signed up for the Pokémon League, you got a Mew. This Mew was actually supposed to appeared in Fossil, but it was taken out to be made into a League Promo. Some people at first thought that this was a horrible idea and demanded that Mew was to be put back into Fossil. But those were the same people who walked out of Toys R' Us with like 10 Mew promos. Mew 09 April 2000 Pokémon League When the original Promo Mew was released, people stopped complaining about the lack of Mew in Fossil and began complaining that there was no Holo Mew. Eventually their annoying cries were silenced when they got their own Holo Mew. The first hint that a Holo Mew was when several people on eBay posted up them up for auction. The next hint was in one of the Pokémon League activity sheets, which had a secret message, "Holographic Mew is coming soon!" At the West STS, many of these were being handed out. Pshaw. Meowth 10 April 2000 Pokémon TCG for Game Boy Promo This Meowth cards to be released with the Pokémon TCG Game Boy game. At first, many people thought this was a fake (even me). However, like I said in the Neo Edition page, Media Factory (the people who make the Japanese Pokémon cards) and WotC are working on ways to add a bit of uniformity between the US and Japanese card sets. One example of that is the Japanese Neo starter boxes having the same shape as US starters. Another example is that the US holos rares are going to start using the Japanese holos. If you didn't know, this Meowth card is technically the 1st product of the new MF/WotC uniformity. At the West STS, many of these were being handed out. Pshaw. Eevee 11 June/July 2000 Pokémon League This was another English FIRST card. At least I think it was. Anyway, there nothing much to talk about here. Mewtwo 12 March/April 2000 Nintendo Power Magazine, Subscriber's only promo In December 1999, Nintendo Power magazine said that they would have a special, subscriber's only, Mewtwo promo in their January 2000 issue. But January 2000 came and went, and there was no Mewtwo promo. Everyone was in an uproar. Later in Late February, Nintendo Power announced again that the Mewtwo promo would be an another issue of NP, and this time they were positive. The cool thing about this Mewtwo card is it's illustration. In the original Japanese version of this Promo card, the picture was too close to the Mewtwo promo #3 (US), actually it was almost exactly the same. I'm guessing that WotC saw this to be a problem if the card was released in the US. So I'm guessing that WotC got the permission the redraw the picture. And guess who drew it? A famous Magic: the Gathering artist, Christopher Rush. So this means that this Mewtwo was the first American drawn Pokémon card released (to my knowledge). (I just can't wait for the first 100% American made Pokémon card!) Venusaur 13 April-ish 2000 Pokémon TCG GB Players Guide Well... it was released in a players guide, that's all that's important with this one. It was the first grass promo cards... Mewtwo 14 March 2000 Pokémon: the First Movie on VHS/DVD When the Movie came out on video tape and DVD, it had a special Pokémon TCG promo card in it. It's actually the same as the #3 Promo Mewtwo card, just with a different picture. All together now... Enough With the Mewtwos! Cool Porygon (That's it's real name!) 15 March 2000(1), Fall 2000(2) Pokémon Stadium/N64 Bundle Pack(1) Pokémon League(2) Like the Venusaur... it's there, nothing much else is available for it. Hey! Since Cool Porygon really has a different name, you can have 4 Cool Porygons and 4 regular Porygons in your deck!! Since not many people were able to get this elusive card, it is planned for this card to be handed out at Pokémon Leagues some time soon. Many complain about how this'll destroy the value of Cool Porygon, but I say if you took the card out of the plastic wrapper, you've already destroyed the value. Leave it in the wrapper and it'll maintain it's worth. DUH! At the West STS, many of these were being handed out. Pshaw. Computer Error 16 May 2000 Pokémon League Nothing of any importance. It was the first Promo Trainer released in the US. However.... it's Promo symbol is in the wrong place (explain that one to me). Dark Persian 17 August 2000 Nintendo Power Magazine, Subscriber's only promo In May, WotC had some printing problems and this card didn't make it into the June issue as it was originally planned. Otherwise, nothing interesting here. Coolness news here, the first Dark Persian scan appeared here first, and was sent in by Hackman, a regular news dude at PA!. Team Rocket's Meowth 18 August 2000 Pokémon League Well, you get one for getting 250 stamps or something at the Pokémon League. Sabrina's Abra 19 October 2000 Nintendo Power Magazine, Subscriber's only promo Man, I thought people were pulling my leg on this one. Humph. Psyduck 20 Fall 2000 Pokémon League: Victory Road If you get 20 points in your special Victory Road booklet, you get a Promo Psyduck. Moltres 21 July 2000 Pokémon the Movie 2000: Power of One Movie Promos Like the first Pokémon movie, WotC will release 4 promo cards. Articuno 22 July 2000 Pokémon the Movie 2000: Power of One Movie Promos Like the first Pokémon movie, WotC will release 4 promo cards. Well, this one will be the first Promo Water Pokémon card released in English. Zapdos 23 July 2000 Pokémon the Movie 2000: Power of One Movie Promos Like the first Pokémon movie, WotC will release 4 promo cards. "Birthday" Pikachu 24 September 2000 (1), November 2000 (2), January 2001 (3) Pikachu 9-Card Set (1) Wizard's Pokémon Site (2) Pokémon League Year 2 (3) First released as a promo set in the 2000 Olympics in Australia in September. It was part of a 9 Pikachu "Around the World" set, which featured 9 different Pikachu cards from various parts of the world. Later in it's American debut, it's said that it'll be made avalible on WotC's website, then as a promotion for "Year 2" of the Pokémon League. Flying Pikachu 25 September 2000 (1), August 2001 (2) Pikachu 9-Card Set (1) Pokémon League Year 2 (2) First released as a promo set in the 2000 Olympics in Australia in September. It was part of a 9 Pikachu "Around the World" set, which featured 9 different Pikachu cards from various parts of the world. Crazy, this card was first made in German before English. Pikachu 26 September 2000 (1), September 2001 (2) Pikachu 9-Card Set (1) Pokémon League Year 2 (2) First released as a promo set in the 2000 Olympics in Australia in September. It was part of a 9 Pikachu "Around the World" set, which featured 9 different Pikachu cards from various parts of the world. Crazy, this card was first made in Spanish before English. This Pikachu card was originally a promo card for the Japanese release of "Pokémon Snap" or something along those lines. Pikachu 27 September 2000 (1), November 2000 (2) Pikachu 9-Card Set (1) Pokémon the Movie 2000: Power of One Video Release (2) First released as a promo set in the 2000 Olympics in Australia in September. It was part of a 9 Pikachu "Around the World" set, which featured 9 different Pikachu cards from various parts of the world. Crazy, this card was first made in Italian before English. This Pikachu card was originally a card released in the "Vending Machine" set in Japan. Surfing Pikachu 28 September 2000 (1), June 2001 (2) Pikachu 9-Card Set (1) Pokémon League Year 2 (2) First released as a promo set in the 2000 Olympics in Australia in September. It was part of a 9 Pikachu "Around the World" set, which featured 9 different Pikachu cards from various parts of the world. Crazy, this card was first made in French before English. Ancient Mew n/a July 2000 Pokémon the Movie 2000: Power of One Movie Promos Like the first Pokémon movie, WotC will release 4 promo cards. The "English" version of Ancient Mew will be exactly the same as the one from Japan, except for the copyright text. Hey get this, it's PLAYABLE too! Well... playable in a sence that if translated correctly, it has actual game stats. Unfortunatly, no tourney will let you play with it since people have made bizarre translations which eventually ruined it's play value. Humph. Back to "Other Promo Info"

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