US Promotional Cards (Promo)
Here are most of the U.S. Promotional Cards that have been released. This list will be updated again shortly.
Lv 12 (Basic Set) "E3" Pikachu---$18
A normal "Basic" (Lv 12) Pikachu with a small foil "E3" stamped below the artwork. This card was first released at the 1999 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles (May '99). Later
appeared in Nintendo Power magazine's September '99 issue with a much larger distribution.
Lv 14 (Jungle Expansion) "W" Pikachu---$13.50
A normal Jungle Expansion (Lv 14) Pikachu with a small foil "W" stamped below the artwork. This card was first released in The Duelist magazine's September 1999 issue.
Lv 9 (Fossil Expansion) "W" Kabuto---$9
A normal Fossil Expansion (Lv 9) Kabuto with a small foil "W" stamped below the artwork. This card was first released in Top Deck magazine's December 1999 issue.
Lv 15 (Jungle Expansion) Gold Bordered Meowth---$13.50
A normal Jungle Expansion (Lv 15) Meowth with a gold border on the face of the card (instead of the normal yellow border). This card was first released in packages of Betty Crocker's "Pokémon
Rolls" fruit snacks packages. (Randomly inserted. Possible cards inserted are normal Base set commons.)
Lv 34 Prerelease Clefable---$27
A normal "Jungle" (Lv 34) Clefable (holographic) with "Prerelease" stamped on top of the artwork. This card was first released in August 1999 to early sites of the WOTC Pokémon TCG
League.
Lv 28 Prerelease Aerodactyl (1st Edition)---$24
A normal "Fossil" (Lv 28) Aerodactyl (holographic) with "Prerelease" stamped on top of the artwork. This card was first released in October 1999 through the WOTC Pokémon TCG League.
Lv 16 Promo Pikachu (1st Edition)---$63
Lv 16 Promo Pikachu (Unlimited)---$18
A Pikachu (Lv 16) with a small (non-foil) star and "Promo" stamped below the artwork. 1st Edition initially released in Japan as one of two promotional inserts in Hyper Coro Coro magazine's
May (Spring) Issue. Later, the 1st Edition appeared in random U.S. Jungle booster packs as a miscollated card. Later, released through Wizard's of the Coast's TCG Pokémon League in larger
distribution. Most released through the League are not 1st Edition.
Lv 12 Promo Jigglypuff (1st Edition)---$24
Initially released in Japan as one of two promotional insert cards in Hyper Coro Coro magazine's May (Spring) Issue. Later, distributed in U.S. as a promotional give away with the first 2
million copies of the Pokémon: The First Movie Soundtrack.
Lv 20 Promo Electabuzz---$7.50
Lv 60 Promo Mewtwo---$10.50
Lv 13 Promo Pikachu---$9
Lv 43 Promo Dragonite---$7.50
These have a small (non-foil) star and "Promo" stamped below the artwork and a gold foil "Kids WB Presents Pokémon: The First Movie" stamped on the upper right corner of the artwork. They
have numbers instead of rarity symbols in the lower right corner: Electabuzz=2, Mewtwo=3, Pikachu=4, Dragonite=5. Initially released as a promo for Pokémon: The First Movie in the U.S.
in November 1999.
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