Pokémon VS is almost only 1st Edition, Pokémon web also exists Unlimited

In VS (2001) almost every card carries the 1st Edition stamp, so it marks no separate print run. Pokémon web, however, exists in both versions.

Pokémon VS was released in 2001 in Japan only and printed almost entirely with the 1st Edition stamp. The only known exception is Pryce's Lapras, which also came unstamped as a magazine insert.

In VS the stamp therefore does not mark a pricier first print. A listing “Karen's Umbreon 1st Edition” and one without the suffix show the same card. Last Sold lists only one card and writes “1st Edition” in the set line. Pokémon web from the same year, however, exists as 1st Edition and as Unlimited, and the Unlimited cards are even considered rarer there. Last Sold currently lists web as one card as well.

Sources

• Bulbapedia: Pokémon VS (TCG)
• Bulbapedia: Pokémon web (TCG)

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