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Trophy Pikachu cards from World Championships, Pokmon Center grand opening promos, or region-specific giveaways can pull thousands because so few exist in circulation

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Pikachu Illustrator was originally awarded to winners of a drawing contest hosted in Japanese magazine CoroCoro Comic during 1997 and 1998

This led to players preferring Beta prints over the Alpha ones, which can contribute to the large gap between the two printings

The beauty of the game is that it can be played together and thus has been translated on a global stage