I've collected on and off my whole life, more consistently for the last six years, and while there have always been one or two unsavory characters in the hobby, things have never been as bad as they are today
A sequel, Pokmon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR
two copies of an illustration rare-style promo card featuring Pecharunt, with one showcasing the Pokmon Center logo
After some rigorous testing I realized that the card was real, but probably simply had been slightly bleached on the back by lying in sunlight for a period

Release date: 2007-02-02 Aven Riftwatcher Benalish Commander Crovax, Ascendant Hero Dawn Charm Dust Elemental Ghost Tactician Heroes Remembered Magus of the Tabernacle Mantle of Leadership Pallid Mycoderm Poultice Sliver Rebuff the Wicked Retether Riftmarked Knight Saltblast Saltfield Recluse Serra's Boon Shade of Trokair Stonecloaker Stormfront Riders Voidstone Gargoyle Whitemane Lion Calciderm Malach of the Dawn Mana Tithe Mesa Enchantress Mycologist Porphyry Nodes Revered Dead Sinew Sliver Sunlance Aeon Chronicler Aquamorph Entity Auramancer's Guise Body Double Braids, Conjurer Adept Chronozoa Dichotomancy Dismal Failure Dreamscape Artist Erratic Mutation Jodah's Avenger Magus of the Bazaar Pongify Reality Acid Shaper Parasite Spellshift Synchronous Sliver Tidewalker Timebender Veiling Oddity Venarian Glimmer Wistful Thinking Frozen ther Gossamer Phantasm Merfolk Thaumaturgist Ovinize Piracy Charm Primal Plasma Riptide Pilferer Serendib Sorcerer Serra Sphinx Big Game Hunter Blightspeaker Brain Gorgers Circle of Affliction Cradle to Grave Dash Hopes Deadly Grub Enslave Extirpate Imp's Mischief

The other significant addition this game has over different Pokemon starter sets is the gameboard