It continued to be used on promo cards until the middle of the Black & White era
#15 RE: first edition shadow I have the French and Spanish 1st Edition Base Sets complete, all are legit and they are all shadowed so they are real and didn't come shadowless Also, I have a complete Japanese Base Set with no rarity symbol, so you can get them, just not often, here is a link to what I posted on here of one of the Japanese Base Sets I have
Best Answer DoubleCure Member Posts: 2,720 #2 Answer You can start by this really nice "beginners" deck building guide from Pokemon web site: 6 Answers Ravenclawed1234 Member Posts: 930 I recommend starting with Miraidon ex or Charizard ex, both are great decks with low skill floors and high skill ceilings
The last line of the Japanese text on the 1998 cards is different from that of the 1997 singles
Now, of course, there are many qualifying arguments here, especially if youre looking to build a deck and really need that fourth uncommon Horsea for your Water deck, or what have you