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*The 2007-2009 prints do not have "Trainer" in the top right corner of the card as per all Trainer cards released during the Diamond & Pearl and Platinum Series. The 2011 print onwards also features a ruling as per all Item cards, but is unique to the No.2 Trainer. | *The 2007-2009 prints do not have "Trainer" in the top right corner of the card as per all Trainer cards released during the Diamond & Pearl and Platinum Series. The 2011 print onwards also features a ruling as per all Item cards, but is unique to the No.2 Trainer. | ||
*The 2010 print credits [[Ryo Ueda]] as the illustrator, despite there being no difference from all previous prints. The 2011 print once again credits [[K. Hoshiba]], suggesting this was an error. It is unknown if the same error applied to the No. 1 Trainer and No. 3 Trainer cards. | *The 2010 print credits [[Ryo Ueda]] as the illustrator, despite there being no difference from all previous prints. The 2011 print once again credits [[K. Hoshiba]], suggesting this was an error. It is unknown if the same error applied to the No. 1 Trainer and No. 3 Trainer cards. | ||
*The number of the early Japanese prints in existence is a popular topic of discussion. Based on the dates and age divisions detailed for each event, there were at least 2 copies of the Pokémon Official Tournament print awarded and approximately 14 each of the Lizardon Mega Battle and Kamex Mega Battle prints. Based on the event structure for Challenge Road '99 SUMMER, there were an estimated 9 each of the Tropical Mega Battle and Super Secret Battle prints awarded. Not taking personalized elements into account, there were an estimated 10 | *The number of the early Japanese prints in existence is a popular topic of discussion. Based on the dates and age divisions detailed for each event, there were at least 2 copies of the Pokémon Official Tournament print awarded and approximately 14 each of the Lizardon Mega Battle and Kamex Mega Battle prints. Based on the event structure for Challenge Road '99 SUMMER, there were an estimated 9 each of the Tropical Mega Battle and Super Secret Battle prints awarded. Not taking personalized elements into account, there were an estimated 10 of the 2000 Tropical Mega Battle, in which 9 are male trainers and 1 female trainer, and 10 of the Super Secret Battle, in which all 10 are male trainers and 18 of the Neo Spring Road print was awarded, in which all 18 are male trainers and 14 of the Neo Summer Road print was awarded, in which all 14 are male trainers along with 27 each of the Battle Road Spring 2002 and Battle Road Summer 2002 prints. The ratio of male to female variants for the 2002 prints are currently unknown. There was only 1 version of each "Best in Japan" finals print awarded over the course of 2000-2002. The cards awarded via the World Championships are only printed in English, making it one of the rarest English cards in existence. There were only 3 copies of each annual version produced between 2004 and 2012, but this increased to 6 from the 2013 World Championships with the inclusion of the Video Game champions. The text on the 2013 print of the card awarded to the Video Game champions read "Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships", but this was updated to "Pokémon World Championships" starting with the 2014 print. | ||
*Due to their limited numbers, these cards are often considered amongst the rarest in the world. Value-wise, collectors can expect to pay significant sums of money for any of these cards; however, recent history has shown that the more recent releases do not command as much as the original trophy cards awarded between 1997 and 1999. | *Due to their limited numbers, these cards are often considered amongst the rarest in the world. Value-wise, collectors can expect to pay significant sums of money for any of these cards; however, recent history has shown that the more recent releases do not command as much as the original trophy cards awarded between 1997 and 1999. | ||
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