Pokémon Magic Message cards

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Pokémon Magic Message cards
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Magic Message logo
Release date(s) 2006
Type Trading cards
Manufacturer Merlin / Topps

Pokémon Magic Message cards were officially licensed Pokémon cards manufactured from 2006 by British company called Merlin Publishing Ltd. in a cooperation with Topps. This was done as a special 10 year anniversary

The Raquaza & Dragon cards including the 'magic message'

The set includes a variety of pokemon from gen 1-3 in it. The cards were published in english, french, italian, spanish and german. The different names of each card are also published on the backside of the different cards.

The set consists of 47 pokemon cards and 13 base cards (or magic match-up cards and master cards as the set states) so 60 cards in total and when you combine a pokemon with it’s type base or with certain cards it’s trainer base they form names of attacks or other words.

Overview

History

Merlin Publishing Limited, commonly known as Merlin and sometimes branded as Merlin Collections was a British publishing firm who released a variety of sticker collections during the late 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, they also designed trading cards, card games and pogs. Although most notably releasing football stickers in particularly for the Premier League and Serie A, they also designed collections around television shows like Pokemon and other points of interest.

In the Pokemon world they are known for the Sticker sets they produced, mainly for the European market.

In 1993 the company became known as Merlin Publishing International PLC before being bought out by Topps in 1995. They were absorbed into the company, being renamed Topps Europe Limited, although the name Merlin would continue as a brand under the Topps name initially until 2008. In 2014 the Merlin brand returned to the Premier League sticker collections until Panini was awarded the contract in 2019. Today the Merlin brand is used by Topps as a retro range designed around its UEFA Champions League trading cards.

Cards in Pokémon Magic Message Cards

Human - Master cards

Pokémon Magic Message cards consists of Pokémon from the first 3 generations, 47 pokemon cards in total. There are 13 base cards of which the first 5 are Human - Master cards.

Set # Front Pokémon Back
1   Ash  
2   Brock  
3   James  
4   Jessie  
5   May  

Human - magic match-up cards

Pokémon Magic Message cards consists of Pokémon from the first 3 generations, 47 pokemon cards in total. The first 14 pokemon cards are Human - magic match-up cards.

Set # Front Pokémon Back
6   Beautifly  
7   Cacnea  
8   Corphish  
9   Lombre  
10   Mudkip  
11   Munchlax  
12   Pikachu  
13   Seviper  
14   Skitty  
15   swellow  
16   Torchic  
17   Treecko  
18   Weezing  
19   Wobbuffet  

Attack - Master cards

Pokémon Magic Message cards consists of Pokémon from the first 3 generations, 47 pokemon cards in total. There are 13 base cards of which the last 8 are Attack - Master cards.

Set # Front Pokémon Back
20   Dragon Dance  
21   Flamethrower  
22   Ice Beam  
23   Sludge Bomb  
24   Psychic  
25   Razor Leaf  
26   Thundershock  
27   Water Pulse  

Attack - magic match-up cards

Pokémon Magic Message cards consists of Pokémon from the first 3 generations, 47 pokemon cards in total. The second 33 pokemon cards are Attack - magic match-up cards.

Set # Front Pokémon Back
28   Alakazam  
29   Altaria  
30   Arbok  
31   Articuno  
32   Bayleef  
33   Blastoise  
34   Charmeleon  
35   Dewgong  
36   Entei  
37   Grimer  
38   Glalie  
39   Gulpin  
40   Horsea  
41   Ivysaur  
42   Latias  
43   Latios  
44   Lugia  
45   Magneton  
46   Mewtwo  
47   Moltres  
48   Octillery  
49   Pikachu  
50   Qwilfish  
51   Raikou  
52   Rayquaza  
53   Slugma  
54   Suicune  
55   Swampert  
56   Torkoal  
57   Tropius  
58   Typhlosion  
59   Weepinbell  
60   Zapdos  

Sealed items of Pokémon Magic Message Cards

Booster boxes have 24 packs inside with 4 cards inside each pack.

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