Pokemon licensing flow chart from Pokemon Story (2000, Kubo) image640333 52.5 KB Translated portion relating to Pokemon cards image358383 50.4 KB Test Cards image1920413 137 KB Link to Test Card sub-thread: Test Cards 1996 January Tetsuya Iwasaki Tetsuya Iwasaki was in charge of New Business and Product Development at Star Corporation, which later handled the initial distribution of the Pokemon Card Game in 1996
Ruin, Queen of Oblivion When Advanced Ritual Art was initially released, Ruin, Queen of Oblivion was part of an infamous OTK which involved Demise, King of Armageddon
Of course, you can also put out Bramaghi
Set this card
Only 23 copies of the card were initially distributed, before 16 additional copies were awarded in further art contests, bringing the total to around 39 copies
Elemental Bond Elemental Bond sets itself apart from similar cards by allowing you to draw off creatures with power 3, whereas these cards usually care about creatures with power 4 or greater