Pokémon Magic Message cards

Pokémon Magic Message cards
Magic Message logo
Release date(s)	2006
Type	Trading cards
Manufacturer	Merlin

Pokémon Magic Message cards were officially licensed Pokémon cards manufactured from 2006 by British company called Merlin Publishing Ltd. in a cooperation with Topps. This was done as a special 10 year anniversary

The set includes a variety of pokemon from gen 1-3 in it. The cards were published in english, french, italian, spanish and german. The different names of each card are also published on the backside of the different cards.

The set consists of 47 pokemon cards and 13 base cards (or magic match-up cards and master cards as the set states) so 60 cards in total and when you combine a pokemon with it’s type base or with certain cards it’s trainer base they form names of attacks or other words.

Overview

An artset Pokémon Magic Message cards

History

Merlin Publishing Limited, commonly known as Merlin and sometimes branded as Merlin Collections was a British publishing firm who released a variety of sticker collections during the late 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, they also designed trading cards, card games and pogs. Although most notably releasing football stickers in particularly for the Premier League and Serie A, they also designed collections around television shows like Pokemon and other points of interest.

In the Pokemon world they are known for the Sticker sets they produced, mainly for the European market.

In 1993 the company became known as Merlin Publishing International PLC before being bought out by Topps in 1995. They were absorbed into the company, being renamed Topps Europe Limited, although the name Merlin would continue as a brand under the Topps name initially until 2008. In 2014 the Merlin brand returned to the Premier League sticker collections until Panini was awarded the contract in 2019. Today the Merlin brand is used by Topps as a retro range designed around its UEFA Champions League trading cards.

Cards in Pokémon Magic Message Cards

Human - Master cards

Pokémon Magic Message cards consists of Pokémon from the first 3 generations, 47 pokemon cards in total. There are 13 base cards of which the first 5 are Human - Master cards.

Set #	Front	Pokémon	Back
1		Ash
2		Brock
3		James
4		Jessie
5		May

Human - magic match-up cards

Pokémon Magic Message cards consists of Pokémon from the first 3 generations, 47 pokemon cards in total. The first 14 pokemon cards are Human - magic match-up cards.

Set #	Front	Pokémon	Back
6		Beautifly
7		Cacnea
8		Corphish
9		Lombre
10		Mudkip
11		Munchlax
12		Pikachu
13		Seviper
14		Skitty
15		swellow
16		Torchic
17		Treecko
18		Weezing
19		Wobbuffet

Attack - Master cards

Pokémon Magic Message cards consists of Pokémon from the first 3 generations, 47 pokemon cards in total. There are 13 base cards of which the last 8 are Attack - Master cards.

Set #	Front	Pokémon	Back
20		Dragon Dance
21		Flamethrower
22		Ice Beam
23		Sludge Bomb
24		Psychic
25		Razor Leaf
26		Thundershock
27		Water Pulse

Attack - magic match-up cards

Pokémon Magic Message cards consists of Pokémon from the first 3 generations, 47 pokemon cards in total. The second 33 pokemon cards are Attack - magic match-up cards.

Set #	Front	Pokémon	Back
28		Alakazam
29		Altaria
30		Arbok
31		Articuno
32		Bayleef
33		Blastoise
34		Charmeleon
35		Dewgong
36		Entei
37		Grimer
38		Glalie
39		Gulpin
40		Horsea
41		Ivysaur
42		Latias
43		Latios
44		Lugia
45		Magneton
46		Mewtwo
47		Moltres
48		Octillery
49		Pikachu
50		Qwilfish
51		Raikou
52		Rayquaza
53		Slugma
54		Suicune
55		Swampert
56		Torkoal
57		Tropius
58		Typhlosion
59		Weepinbell
60		Zapdos

Sealed items of Pokémon Magic Message Cards

Booster boxes have 24 packs inside with the number of cards inside packs differing based on language. The Italian & Spanish booster packs contain 4 lamincards and the German & French have 5 lamincards in each pack. How to distinguish the booster box of this set is yet unknown, the photo here is from an other set.

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