Tristynn.Sleight
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I've been going through mine and a buddy's old cards, and I think I've stumbled across something peculiar.
I've known for a while about the missing foil on my Fossil Zapdos card where its "Previous Stage" would go. Bulbapedia states that ALL of these Holographic cards were missing this corner piece, except for the ones included in the Thunderstorm theme deck. The major differences between these two seemingly idental Zapdos' (aside from the corrected corner) is the starry pattern of the foil (American style vs. Japanese) and the date printed at the card's bottom (©1999 Wizards vs. ©1999-2000 Wizards).
But when going through my buddy's collection, and looking at his Zapdos, what I have here does not match the description of the Zapdos from the theme deck; rather it is a non-error, 1999, American style starred, Fossil Zapdos.
From what I've seen and read, there are no such Zapdos cards. Do others exist, is this the rarer card or the error Zapdos?
These are some cards to compare to:
1st Edition Hypno, to show the pointed stars
Base Set 2 Venusaur, to show the round stars
And the Zapdos, to see the stars on it
This is it nrxt to the Error Zapdos i.e. the one without the Holographic corner. I tried getting the stars to shimmer, but getting these pictures is hard!
I've known for a while about the missing foil on my Fossil Zapdos card where its "Previous Stage" would go. Bulbapedia states that ALL of these Holographic cards were missing this corner piece, except for the ones included in the Thunderstorm theme deck. The major differences between these two seemingly idental Zapdos' (aside from the corrected corner) is the starry pattern of the foil (American style vs. Japanese) and the date printed at the card's bottom (©1999 Wizards vs. ©1999-2000 Wizards).
But when going through my buddy's collection, and looking at his Zapdos, what I have here does not match the description of the Zapdos from the theme deck; rather it is a non-error, 1999, American style starred, Fossil Zapdos.
From what I've seen and read, there are no such Zapdos cards. Do others exist, is this the rarer card or the error Zapdos?
These are some cards to compare to:
1st Edition Hypno, to show the pointed stars
Base Set 2 Venusaur, to show the round stars
And the Zapdos, to see the stars on it
This is it nrxt to the Error Zapdos i.e. the one without the Holographic corner. I tried getting the stars to shimmer, but getting these pictures is hard!
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