Pokémon Center (Base Set 85)

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Pokémon Center
ポケモンセンター Pokémon Center
Stadium
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Base Set print
Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi
Expansion Base Set
Rarity Uncommon
English card no. 85/102
Japanese Theme Deck Nivi City Gym
Japanese Theme Deck Yamabuki City Gym
Expansion Base Set 2
Rarity Uncommon
English card no. 114/130
Card GB set Mystery
Card GB ID C50
Card GB 2 set Legendary Power
Card GB 2 ID B59
Expansion Wizards Black Star Promos
English card no. 40
Japanese expansion BW era

Pokémon Center (Japanese: ポケモンセンター Pokémon Center) is a Stadium card. It was first released in the Base Set as a Trainer card.

Card text (Base Set print)

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Card text (BW era print)

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Release information

This card originated in the Base Set with artwork done by Keiji Kinebuchi. This print was released again in the Nivi City Gym and Yamabuki City Gym Japanese theme decks, as well as Base Set 2. The card was reprinted with different artwork by "Big Mama" Tagawa as a Wizards Black Star Promo distributed at the November 2001 opening of Pokémon Center New York. It may be released as a Stadium card during the BW era with new artwork by Yuri Umemura.

Trivia

On the Base Set print of this card, "Pocket Monsters" can be clearly seen on the English translation of the card. This is one of the few times that the English cards refer to Pokémon as "Pocket Monsters".

Origin

A Pokémon Center is a place in the Pokémon games where Pokémon can be healed.


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