Japanese Pokémon Collectibles FAQ

Daiichi Pan has released 220 numbered Deco Chara waves so far. Each wave has its own checklist on Hidden Temple.

Match the Pokémon and the art. The Deco Chara hub lets you look up any Pokémon and see which waves it appears in, with photos, so you can pin the seal to its wave.

Hyper Sticker Collection 1 (1996) has 203 stickers. Collection 2 (1997) has 214, Attack Set 1 (1998) has 194, and Super DX (1998) has 88.

On first prints, the holo has sun-ray streaks, the red ink is softer, and the back is a faint yellow, slick stock. Second prints have a clean holo, sharper red ink, and a whiter, matte paper back.

In 2005, Amada handed the line to its subsidiary Ensky. Ensky kept the Retsuden numbering and ran the line until 2014, including DX Waza, Zukan AR and Battle Trozei.

Stickers No. 389, 390, 391, 393 and 399 in Hyper Sticker Collection 2 came only with the separately sold Seal Case, not in packs. The Perfect Album 2 band prints this, and the Seal Case blister shows No. 389 Venusaur.

Part 3 (2004) has 75 menko: 56 Normal, 14 Rare with foil-stamped names, and 5 Special holo cards. The board back prints this split.

Tohato has put one puffy die-cut Pokémon seal in every box of its Pokémon snack since 2014. The lineup changes about every six months, and each wave restarts its numbers. That makes each wave a separate checklist.

Wave 4 (2009 to 2010) is printed numbers 65 to 94 (30 seals). Wave 5 (2010) is 99 to 132 (34 seals). Numbers 95 to 98 are 2008 movie seals and belong to neither wave.

Part 1 has 75 cards and Part 2 has 76, matching the printed “75種” and “76種” on the boards. Four long-disputed numbers are settled from printed boards: 046 Paras is Part 1, and 032, 033 and 045 are Part 2.