#15 RE: first edition shadow I have the French and Spanish 1st Edition Base Sets complete, all are legit and they are all shadowed so they are real and didn't come shadowless Also, I have a complete Japanese Base Set with no rarity symbol, so you can get them, just not often, here is a link to what I posted on here of one of the Japanese Base Sets I have
So, I asked Bandai directly and I received a reply
though Prismatic Secret Rare cards have a similar treatment, with a Starlight Rare its applied across the whole card, and not the artwork alone
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JP UR (Ultra Rare) equals English Hyper Rare, the gold card