Retro card (TCG)

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A reprint of the original Charizard card

A retro card is a term used to refer to special reprints of cards from the early years of the Pokémon TCG which have been included as secret cards in the recently-released Stormfront, Platinum, and Bonds to the End of Time expansions.

Common among them is their origin in the earliest sets of the TCG: so far, all those which have been printed are from Base Set and Jungle or are promotional cards from the first three years of the TCG's existence.

A special feature specific to these cards is their use of a gold-colored border and evolution box design, a striking contrast to other cards of the current era, which use silver-colored borders. This is, of course, a reference to the card design of the early expansions.

The art on these special re-releases is done by the same artist who did the original art, in a slightly updated manner.

List of retro cards

Card	Original release	Re-release
Charmander	Base Set	Stormfront
Charmeleon	Base Set	Stormfront
Charizard	Base Set	Stormfront
Scyther	Jungle	Platinum
Electabuzz	Base Set	Platinum
Hitmonchan	Base Set	Platinum
Pikachu	Base Set	Bonds to the End of Time
Surfing Pikachu	Wizards Black Star Promos	Bonds to the End of Time
Flying Pikachu	Wizards Black Star Promos	Bonds to the End of Time
Moltres	Wizards Black Star Promos	Beat of the Frontier
Articuno	Wizards Black Star Promos	Beat of the Frontier
Zapdos	Wizards Black Star Promos	Beat of the Frontier