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The buyer was Thomas Fish, president of Blowoutcards.com, who won the bidding war for the box at the latest Comics & Comic Art Auction

It's one of Japan's unnumbered promo cards, which have short print runs attached to specific events like tournaments and film releases

The Young versions of heroes are used for Blitz, and have a lower health total than their older versions

Both first edition Pokmon cards and second printing cards lack the shadow around the border, which appears on later cards, but because they have the logo, the first printing is more usually called first edition

You may even find yourself paying more than what the market platforms have it valued at

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