How I Became a Pokémon Card

The cover of volume 2, featuring Psyduck.

How I Became a Pokémon Card (Japanese: ポケモンカードになったワケ Pokémon Card Ni Natta Wake) is a manga created by かげまる Kagemaru Himeno released in 1999, who is also an artist for the TCG. While the manga includes some reoccurring characters, each chapter is mainly a standalone story featuring one Pokémon, such as Dratini or Jolteon. At some point within each story an image of an actual Pokémon card is shown, the stories expand on the image that appears on the card and tells about what the Pokémon is doing in the picture or how it got there.

A special Pokémon card is included with each book. Each promo card, as well as all the cards featured in each chapter, are originally illustrated by Himeno herself.

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• List of How I Became a Pokémon Card chapters
• List of How I Became a Pokémon Card volumes

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Publications relating to the Pokémon Trading Card Game Strategy guides: Pokémon Trading Card Game Strategy Guide • The Official Pokémon Trading Card Game Guide Pokémon Trading Card Game Player's Guide • Pokémon Trading Card Game Fossil Expansion Player's Guide Pokémon Trading Card Game Volume 3: Team Rocket • Pokémon Made Simple! • Let's Play Pokémon Team Rocket Strategy Guide • Gym Heroes Strategy Guide • Gym Challenge Strategy Guide Platinum Player's Guide • Plasma Storm Player's Guide • Plasma Blast Player's Guide • XY Player's Guide Quick Guide to Fire-Type Pokémon • Furious Fists Player's Guide • Phantom Forces Player's Guide • Primal Clash Player's Guide Roaring Skies Player's Guide • Ancient Origins Player's Guide • BREAKthrough Player's Guide • BREAKpoint Player's Guide Fates Collide Player's Guide • Generations Player's Guide • Steam Siege Player's Guide • Evolutions Player's Guide Sun & Moon Player's Guide • Guardians Rising Player's Guide • Burning Shadows Player's Guide • The Making of Shining Legends Crimson Invasion Player's Guide • Ultra Prism Player's Guide • Forbidden Light Player's Guide • Celestial Storm Player's Guide Dragon Majesty Player's Guide • Dragon Majesty: Dragons Then and Now • Lost Thunder Player's Guide • Team Up Player's Guide Unbroken Bonds Player's Guide • Unified Minds Player's Guide • Hidden Fates Player's Guide • Cosmic Eclipse Player's Guide Sword & Shield Player's Guide • Rebel Clash Player's Guide • Darkness Ablaze Player's Guide • Vivid Voltage Player's Guide Shining Fates Player's Guide • Battle Styles Player's Guide • Chilling Reign Player's Guide • Evolving Skies Player's Guide Celebrations Player's Guide Collectors' guides: Beckett Unofficial Guide to Pokémon: 2008 Price Guide • Beckett Unofficial Guide To Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Collecting Pokémon: An Unauthorized Handbook and Price Guide • Pokémon Collector's Value Guide Pokémon Unofficial Card Collector's Guide • Unofficial Beckett Pokémon Collector Price Guide Magazines: Beckett Pokémon Unofficial Collector • Monthly Coin Toss: Pokémon Card Magazine • Pokémon Official Magazine PoJo's Unofficial Pokémon News & Price Guide Monthly • Pokémon Card Fan Club Manga: Pokémon Card GB The Comix • How I Became a Pokémon Card • Himemaru: Pokémon Card Explorer • Aim to Be a Card Master!! Pokémon Card Game Battle Comic • Exciting Victory! Pokémon Card Game!! • Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game XY! Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game! Sun & Moon Arc • Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game! Sword & Shield Arc Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game! Scarlet & Violet Arc Video game guides: Official Pokémon TCG Perfect Guide • Pokémon Card GB Final Tactical Book • Pokémon Card GB Official Guidebook Pokémon Card GB2 Official Guidebook • Pokémon TCG: Official Nintendo Player's Guide Pokémon TCG: Prima's Official Strategy Guide Other: Pokémon Card Official Book 2000 • Pokémon Card Game BW National Illustrated Encyclopedia Pokémon Card Game BW Workbook • Illust Story

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