The Pokemon Base Set is the name given to the first set of Pokemon cards. The Base Set was released in January of 1999, three years after the Japanese version was released. The set contains 102 cards… highly sought after by collectors who want the first appearance (sort of like a Rookie Card) of each Pokemon. There were several different print runs of the Base Set, some being more valuable than others.
1st Edition cards are more valuable, they’ll have a mark below the character window that says, “Edition 1”. If the card doesn’t have the mark than it’s part of the Shadowless, Unlimited, or dated Unlimited editions.
The Shadowless print run does not contain a drop-shadow around the character window, and they’re missing the 1st Edition mark.
Unlimited Edition cards are the most abundant of all the editions. They’re still valuable as a Base Set card… but not as valuable as the 1st Edition or Shadowless cards. Unlimited cards will have a drop-shadow around the character window. In the second print run of Unlimited Edition they added the copyright date “1999-2000”.
The following table is a complete list of cards in the Pokemon Base Set. Click on the cards to see what they’re worth. You may want to add the words “Edition 1”, “Shadowless”, or “Unlimited” to find comparable cards.
Why does it reset the check marks on the list every time I reload the page? What good does the list do if I have to recheck everything every time I reload the page? I like the lists they look nice, just wish it was more practical…
Matt – we just made some updates to the website so it’ll now save the checkboxes you check… as long as you don’t clear your cache you should be able to come back to the CardMavin and it’ll remember the checkboxes you selected.
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Why does it reset the check marks on the list every time I reload the page? What good does the list do if I have to recheck everything every time I reload the page? I like the lists they look nice, just wish it was more practical…
Matt – we just made some updates to the website so it’ll now save the checkboxes you check… as long as you don’t clear your cache you should be able to come back to the CardMavin and it’ll remember the checkboxes you selected.