The Pikachu Illustrator card was distributed to the winners of an illustration contest in Japan in 1998
Directions Open the box to find random cards Discover the latest adventures of the ninth generation with the Pokemon Triplet Beat Booster Box sv1a, the first subset for the Pokemon TCG, now in Korean
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Similarly, Dark Synchro Summons are still treated as Synchro Summons, such as for the effect of "Dark Tuner Catastrogue"
Contents:-Starter Deck (1 set of 54 cards)-2 memory gauges and 1 Booster Pack (Release Special Booster Ver.1.0)