Pokémon Merlin Series 3

Pokémon cards featuring Pokémon found in Johto as well as episode cards from the anime were created by Pokémon Merlin cards subsidiary of Topps in 1999. The collection features 126 stickers in total- including Pokémon from the Johto Pokédex; 12 glittery / holo cards; 6 puzzle cards; and 10 poster cards. This set has several cards that need to be put vertically to make the complete artwork.

The backside of the Merlin cards

The cards were sold in packs of six, and a sticker album was also made for the set. The cards can be best recognized by checking the backside of the cards. The trademark year is the best indicator, which out of the 7 sets the card is from.

List of cards

Normal cards

Cards numbered 1-110 have several artworks with Pokemon and episodes. Several of these artworks have vertical piece where it takes 2 or 3 cards to complete the artwork. There are 12 chase cards that are in holo. These cards only exist in holo version.

Set #	Pokémon	Card
1	Pokémon Poké Ball
2	Ash 1/3
3	Ash 2/3
4	Ash 3/3
5	Chikorita
6	Cyndaquil
7	Totodile
8	Sentret
9	Hoothoot
10	Noctowl 1/2
11	Noctowl 2/2
12	Ledyba
13	Spinarak
14	Togepi
15	Mareep
16	Bellossom 1/2
17	Bellossom 2/2
18	Marill
19	Sudowoodo
20	Hoppip
21	Sunflora 1/2
22	Sunflora 2/2
23	Wooper
24	Quagsire
25	Slowking
26	Wobbuffet 1/2
27	Wobbuffet 2/2
28	Girafarig
29	Pineco
30	Gligar
31	Snubbull
32	Heracross
33	Ursaring 1/2
34	Ursaring 2/2
35	Donphan
36	Stantler
37	Elekid 1/2
38	Elekid 2/2
39	Miltank
40	Blissey
41	Lugia
42	Ho-Oh
43	Totodile
44	meowth totodile
45	charizard pikachu
46	cyndaquil
47	chikorita rattata
48	chikorita pikachu
49	pinsir heracross
50	pinsir heracross
51	donphan
52	donphan
53	Spinarak
54	hoothoot pikachu
55	hoothoot
56	bellossom
57	bellossom pikachu
58	spinarak
59	spinarak pikachu
60	snubbull meowth
61	arbok snubbull
62	stantler
63	Quagsire
64	stantler
65	quagsire
66	quagsire
67	ledyba
68	ledyba arbok
69	ledyba
70	blissey
71	blissey pikachu
72	blissey meowth
73	Pineco
74	Heracross
75	Ledyba
76	Spinarak
77	Mareep
78	Elekid
79	Cyndaquil 1/2
80	Cyndaquil 2/2
81	Ho-Oh
82	Chikorita 1/2
83	Chikorita 2/2
84	Bellossom
85	Sunflora
86	Hoppip
87	Donphan
88	Gligar 1/2
89	Gligar 2/2
90	Sentret
91	Togepi
92	Snubbull
93	Ursaring
94	Stantler 1/2
95	Stantler 2/2
96	Miltank
97	Blissey
98	Hoothoot
99	Noctowl
100	Girafarig
101	Wobbuffet
102	Lugia
103	Sudowoodo
104	Totodile 1/2
105	Totodile 2/2
106	Marill
107	Wooper
108	Quagsire
109	Slowking 1/2
110	Slowking 2/2	\| \|

Puzzle cards

Merlin series 3 also had 6 puzzle cards that cosists out of the 3 started pokemon of the johto region, cyndaquill, totodile & chicorita and Hoothoot & Elekid.

Set #	Pokémon	Card
111 & 112	Puzzle 1/3
113 & 114	Puzzle 2/3
115 & 116	Puzzle 3/3	\| \|

Poster cards

Each collectors album has a with special poster cards. These poster cards have the same look as the pokemon topps pop up cards from Pokémon Johto Trading Cards series 1.

Set #	Pokémon	Card
p1	Noctowl
p2	Togepi
p3	Hoppip
p4	Wooper
p5	Slowking
p6	Wobbuffet
p7	Gligar
p8	Ursaring
p9	Stantler
p10	Blissey	\|

Sealed items of Pokemon Merlin cards

Booster boxes have 100 packs inside with each pack having 6 cards.

Booster Pack front

Booster pack back

Promotional items of Pokemon Merlin series 3

For this set there was made a promotional Album to collect all the cards from 2001.

Merlin series 3 album front

Melin series 3 album back

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