Observed arrival · 2026-09-13
Chasing Cards Guide, a Vintage Pokémon Research Archive
A research-heavy field guide to Wizards of the Coast Pokémon cards from 1999–2003, with set galleries, variant-level reviews, selling advice, and master-set rankings.
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The archive is organized around the practical problems of vintage-card research: identifying variants, tracing print history, comparing sold prices, and deciding where to sell. Its stated coverage runs from Base Set through Skyridge across 14 Wizards of the Coast sets, with a separate species-level master-set view; the homepage gives Pikachu 26 versions and Bulbasaur 13, each with an estimated cost to collect one of every version.
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