History of Alakazam in the TCG The Pokemon Trading Card Game Overview!!

[@chilup2007]

The Stage 2 Alakazam line is a curious case because of the Uri Geller’s threat of a lawsuit if Kadabra was being featured again. The last appearance of Kadabra in the TCG was before the ex-series. Since then, the only Stage 2 Alakazam card is in DP Mysterious Treasures. The Pokémon Company did found a leeway of making Alakazam SP, Alakazam-EX/Mega Alakazam-EX and Alakazam-V due to game mechanics, but still no Basic Abra or Stage 1 Kadabra. But now that Geller forgave the Kadabra incident (a year ago?), I wonder if future cards will make baseline versions of the Abra line, though it’d be a uphill battle to find a way to make a Stage 2 Alakazam playable.

[@SaberWolf94]

Too be honest I think they might still not print any Kadabra cards in the future too and Alakazam is going to continue to get the "special card" treatment. Even though Uri Geller is saying he deosn't care anymore there's no guarantees so I think the pokemon company would just play it safe rather than trying to make sure and making deals with him. You never know of course but just like you said regular pokemon cannot compete with rule box pokemon now anyway.

[@alexv1265]

Alakazam finally did it!! The current alakazam is great and fun to play. I just started playing the tcg and it's my first built deck and was wondering why the normal version of the full art is rarer than the shiny one that's how I came to this video just to realise it's previous to the card😅 still new to this so if you know I'd be thankful

[@SaberWolf94]

Hi, I'm not sure about prices for the ex the full art and the shiny should normally be more expensive than the regular print. There is an alternate art promo though that's not a full art perhaps you mean that one?

[@alexv1265]

@@SaberWolf94 yeah but I mean between both full art, got a couple of the shiny one for less than 2€ yet the normal colour full art is around 15€, do they print less? And why do shinies seem to be more common than normal ones in the tcg?

[@SaberWolf94]

@@alexv1265 I'll be frank with you, I haven't bought products from the scarlet violet era (my friend gifted some to me though) so I'm not sure. The shiny alakazam ex is from paldean fates and I think that set is cheaper than 151. So the original alakazam ex full art in there must be rarer and more expensive I think. With paldean fates you can get any shiny pokemon randomly including alakazam ex. Ultimately the 151 full art is the original.

[@alexv1265]

@@SaberWolf94 I had no idea they were from different sets, that makes a lot of sense, thanks friend

[@alexv1265]

@@SaberWolf94 also love the video man, as a newby it's great to get to learn some history to understand current cards

[@sugarsmile7852]

It's the air neos of pokemon

[@SaberWolf94]

That's a good one :) At least Alakazam still gets cards every now and then.