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Today in TCG History | Why Didn’t THIS Retro Pokemon Set STICK??

If you were playing Pokemon in the 2000’s, this may have been a hallmark for you! Picture this: how can we make Pokemon even cooler? Well if you’re a market executive, it’s probably get onto the craze of black leather and edge that started dominating the era! So while pokemon couldn’t really start adding the matrix costumes, they could do one better: make your friends EVIL thanks to the influence of Team Rocket! But for some reason this set just didn’t catch on as much as the rest of the classic retro pokemon like base, jungle, and fossil. So let’s talk about the good this set brought into the game!

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