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There are subcategories within these rarities that make things a bit more complicated, but at the most basic level you can determine rarity at a glance by looking at the symbol to the right of the collector card number
And a lot of the fakes that came after took inspiration from this
The most sought after Pokemon Live cards in this set include: Shaymin EX, Mew EX, Gold Reshiram, Gold Zekrom, Victini EX, Keldeo EX, Mewtwo EX, Garbodor, Darkrai EX, Lugia EX, Crushing Hammer, Energy Switch
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