Pokémon Magic Message cards
| Pokémon Magic Message cards | |
 Magic Message logo | |
| Release date(s) | 2006 |
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| 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
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 |
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| 1 | 
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Ash | 
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| 2 | 
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Brock | 
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| 3 | 
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James | 
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| 4 | 
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Jessie | 
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| 5 | 
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May | 
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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 |
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| 6 | 
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Beautifly | 
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| 7 | 
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Cacnea | 
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| 8 | 
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Corphish | 
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| 9 | 
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Lombre | 
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| 10 | 
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Mudkip | 
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| 11 | 
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Munchlax | 
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| 12 | 
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Pikachu | 
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| 13 | 
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Seviper | 
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| 14 | 
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Skitty | 
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| 15 | 
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swellow | 
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| 16 | 
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Torchic | 
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| 17 | 
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Treecko | 
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| 18 | 
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Weezing | 
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| 19 | 
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Wobbuffet | 
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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 | 
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Dragon Dance | 
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| 21 | 
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Flamethrower | 
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| 22 | 
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Ice Beam | 
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| 23 | 
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Sludge Bomb | 
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| 24 | 
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Psychic | 
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| 25 | 
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Razor Leaf | 
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| 26 | 
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Thundershock | 
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| 27 | 
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Water Pulse | 
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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 | 
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Alakazam | 
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| 29 | 
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Altaria | 
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| 30 | 
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Arbok | 
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| 31 | 
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Articuno | 
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| 32 | 
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Bayleef | 
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| 33 | 
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Blastoise | 
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| 34 | 
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Charmeleon | 
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| 35 | 
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Dewgong | 
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| 36 | 
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Entei | 
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| 37 | 
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Grimer | 
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| 38 | 
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Glalie | 
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| 39 | 
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Gulpin | 
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| 40 | 
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Horsea | 
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| 41 | 
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Ivysaur | 
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| 42 | 
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Latias | 
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| 43 | 
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Latios | 
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| 44 | 
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Lugia | 
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| 45 | 
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Magneton | 
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| 46 | 
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Mewtwo | 
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| 47 | 
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Moltres | 
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| 48 | 
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Octillery | 
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| 49 | 
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Pikachu | 
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| 50 | 
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Qwilfish | 
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| 51 | 
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Raikou | 
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| 52 | 
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Rayquaza | 
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| 53 | 
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Slugma | 
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| 54 | 
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Suicune | 
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| 55 | 
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Swampert | 
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| 56 | 
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Torkoal | 
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| 57 | 
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Tropius | 
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| 58 | 
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Typhlosion | 
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| 59 | 
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Weepinbell | 
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| 60 | 
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Zapdos | 
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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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