Tomy Scratch Cards

Tomy's 1997 Scratch cards were a play-and-collect novelty. Each card carried a concealed scratch-off panel, so actually playing the game meant defacing the card itself.

Series One runs thirty-six cards drawn from the original 151, numbered to match the National Pokedex and printed with Ken Sugimori artwork. Six of the thirty-six are holofoil: Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Pikachu, Moltres and Mewtwo.

Because the format invited scratching, unscratched mint copies are genuinely hard to find. High-grade holos rank among the tougher vintage Japanese pulls for collectors.