2002 Pokemon Trading Card Game Legendary Collection Set List

2002 Pokemon Legendary Collection Set – History

The Legendary Collection, released on May 24, 2002, is the sequel to Base Set 2, made up entirely of reprints from the first four sets: Base Set, Jungle, Fossil, and Team Rocket.

The Legendary Collection is the 13th set in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The set’s symbol is a medal.

Each booster pack offers 11 cards, including one reverse foil card, one rare single, three uncommon cards, and six commons. The regular holographic cards were inserted at a rate of one in every three packs.

2002 Pokemon Legendary Collection Set – Interest and Popularity

This, the 13th series in the English Pokemon Trading Card Game is a combination of cards from Base Set, Jungle, Fossil, and Team Rocket plus one Black Star Promo in Mewtwo.

Legendary Collection introduced Reverse Holofoil prints, cards that feature Holofoil throughout the card except for the artwork window. The Reverse Holofoil in this expansion has a fireworks-like pattern.

A first with the Legendary Collection set were exclusive theme deck cards. There were two theme decks – Lava and Turmoil – released, and there were three non-holographic cards – Charizard, Dark Blastoise, and Dark Raichu – that were only available in these decks.

Despite being printed after the Neo sets, the design of the regular Legendary Collection cards reverted to that of the first-generation singles. The cards boast yellow borders with the Pokémon’s name and HP at the top above the artwork. Similar to the first-generation singles, the Legendary Collection card backs flaunt the Pokémon name and branding and have blue borders.

It should be noted that there are no 1st Edition or Japanese versions of the Legendary Collection cards.

Not surprisingly, the Charizard holo (#3) is the set’s most sought-after card.

The Dark Blastoise holo (#4) is another desirable single.

Another in-demand card is the Dark Raichu holo (#7).

There were issues getting high-quality holos right out of the packs, most of the holos are going to have silvering across the top and the right side of the border.