PokPark's Celebei - 001/009 PokPark's Torchic - 002/009 PokPark's Mudkip - 003/009 PokPark's Pikachu - 004/009 PokPark's Latias - 005/009 PokPark's Latios - 006/009 PokPark's Whismur - 007/009 PokPark's Munchlax - 008/009 PokPark's Jirachi - 009/009 PokPark Blue Set (2005) Just like the forest set, the Blue set features 9 cards, all designed by the artist Kouki Saitou, which had to stick with a mountain theme
The process is thorough, examining the cards centering, corners, edges, and surface
To this day, the best part is cracking open a new card for the first time, reading it once, reading it again, and then slowly realizing all the crazy decks you could build with that Mythic rare.
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This comes down to appearance as well as the texture of the foiling, which is often more finely printed than their English counterparts
Boundary Lands Ranger | Illustration by Pascal Quidault Control decks usually want a very high land count