1999 gold pokemon card Pokémon 23k Plated Burger King Complete Set Vintage Pokemon 23k Gold Plated

Couple that with the specter of another holiday season surprise re-release and even Japanese boxes around $300 look scary

In TCG2, many such promos are readily available from booster packs and / or available through in-game trades, and coming back to the question of localisation, I can see how not putting Pokmon TCG2 to market in the 1999s West may have been about expectations management as much as the finicky affair of locking down 100+ new card translations for play

There are even cards that exchange text boxes, like Exchange of Words

Light Play, English, Buylist Limit 1 Moderate Play, English, Buylist Limit 1 Heavy Play, English, Buylist Limit 1 Damaged, English, Buylist Limit 1 Cannot be sold internationally

2 Hail, Caesar Ave, True To Caesar Hail, Caesar is a precon that you could never update and it would still be great