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Graded cards
These include the following: References to tobacco (Aquaactress Arowana, Spy-C-Spy, The Six Samurai Kamon) References to alcohol (Number 41: Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir, Tyrants Throes) Red Cross symbols (Injection Fairy Lily, Weed Out, Numinous Healer) Trademark/copyright issues (Retaliating C, Fairy Tail Snow) Finally, all cards which bear images of Japanese characters either have them translated (such as in the illustrations of Limit Reverse, Scarlet Security, and Into the Void) or outright replaced with English text (examples include Back to Square One, Onikuji, and Trap Stun)
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The Origins of the Illustrator Pikachu Card A year after the first set of Pokemon cards were released, in November 1997, a contest took place in the CoroCoro Comic, a monthly Japanese Manga magazine