I can write a very long, plain-text, easy-to-understand article on how to identify 4th print Blastoise cards by eye. Before I begin, two clarifications: – By “4th print Blastoise” do you mean the fourth printing of the original Base Set…
Direct answer: Yes — some cards that were designated as fourth-print (4th print) in the Yu‑Gi‑Oh! card print-run sequence did ship after Konami announced the Base Set 2 reprint program, but whether any specific card’s 4th print arrived in retail…
The last base set product printed before Jungle released was Base Set 2, a reprint expansion from the Pokémon Trading Card Game that came out in early 2000, right as the original Base Set was still fresh and just before…
Are 4th Print Cards Considered the End of the WOTC Base Set? Let’s dive deep into this question about Magic: The Gathering, the card game that started it all back in 1993. Wizards of the Coast, or WOTC as fans…
Wizards of the Coast, the company behind the hugely popular card game Magic: The Gathering, made a curious choice back in the late 1990s when they picked the date range of 1999 to 2000 for what many fans call the…
The original Base Set of Magic: The Gathering, often just called the Base Set or Limited Edition Alpha from 1993, had no print runs made after 2000. Wizards of the Coast stopped producing new copies of that exact set long…
Wizards of the Coast stopped printing Base Set cards for the Pokémon Trading Card Game in 2000. The Base Set, the very first collection of Pokémon cards ever released, came out in January 1999, and while it kept getting reprinted…
Did Wizards of the Coast ever reprint the Base Set Charizard card after its fourth print run? No, they did not. The original Base Set from 1999, including the famous holographic Charizard numbered 4/102, stopped production after four distinct print…
The last official print of the original Base Set Charizard card occurred in 1999 as part of Wizards of the Coast’s Base Set releases (including 1st Edition, Shadowless, and Unlimited runs), and subsequent official reprints of that specific Base Set…
Between 1999 and 2000, multiple distinct Charizard card prints were officially released worldwide across different sets, promotions, and regions; listing them and explaining their contexts requires separating formats (Base Set English releases by Wizards of the Coast, Japanese releases, Gym…