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There are 12 of these in total, and its nice to see some less expected Pokemon like Arbok and Golem get the special treatment over more obvious options like Gyarados or Dragonite

2008-2009 the Kanto starters all got one, and Pikachu got 5 (same figurine but taken from different angles and with the 5 different Pokemon Centers at the time in the background - Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya & Fukuoka)

Ishihara autographed this particular Near Mint card in black ink, and it sold for $247,230 in April 2021

While it could just be used as a three-cost beater, heres an example where it gets extra mileage from Traverse the Ulvenwald implications