Pokémon Trader Unnumbered – Expansion Pack – Rare – Old Back (JP)
Introduction
Pokémon Trader reflects the original game's emphasis on finding the right Pokémon for an evolving board. Ken Sugimori illustrates this unnumbered Japanese Trainer card from the first main expansion. This is the Japanese Expansion Pack printing, identified by Unnumbered, with the original Pocket Monsters card back. The illustration is credited to Ken Sugimori, with the condition of this individual copy detailed below.
Card Details
- Pokémon: Not applicable — Trainer card
- Set: Expansion Pack
- Japanese Set Name: 拡張パック
- English Expansion Reference: Base Set — separate release and checklist
- Card Number: Unnumbered
- Rarity: Rare
- Language: Japanese
- Card Back: Japanese Old Back
- Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
- Condition: Near Mint as recorded in the supplied inventory; physical condition awaits confirmation from individual front and back photographs.
- Finish: Non-holo
About the Pokémon
Pokémon Trader is an early Trainer card that exchanges a Pokémon from the player's hand for a Pokémon selected from the deck. Its subject reflects the franchise's central idea of trading. This original print belongs to the game's foundational support cards rather than to a Pokémon evolution family.
About the Expansion
Released in Japan on 20 October 1996, Expansion Pack established the Pokémon Trading Card Game alongside its starter product. Its Kanto Pokémon, Trainer cards and Energy cards introduced the game's foundational structure. The original Japanese Pocket Monsters card back places these cards at the beginning of the TCG's collecting history.
Artwork & Collector's Notes
Ken Sugimori is credited for this Expansion Pack illustration of Pokémon Trader. The non-holo finish, original Pocket Monsters reverse and Japanese text identify this printing. This Trainer has no printed collector number; English checklist numbers should not be assigned to it.
Photographs: Actual-card photographs are pending.