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Library/Game/Pokémon Trading Card Game US launch/Certificate

Spread Certificate · No. HIS-01421

A large Pokémon card collection, 2015

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Pokémon Trading Card Game US launch

Nintendo (licensor); Wizards of the Coast (US publisher) ·December 1998 ·seeded onRetailthenOpen webPressGroup chats

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38

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Nothing claimed by its makers

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850K sold

Reported US trading-card sets sold since January

TIME

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13K

Parents and children at Woodbridge's May card show

The Washington Post via Los Angeles Times

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Nov 22 ’99

Milestone date, Dec 1998 to Nov 22 ’99

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4 platforms

Started on Retail

Issued Oct 23, 2026 · Spread Score v1.2 provisional · 22 sources

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