Base Set
Beedrill [16/102]
D.fending Error
This card was printed with a period inside the Poison Sting attacking making it D.efending instead of Defending. Found on unlimited cards.
Blastoise [2/102]
Missing “Stage”
Partially or completely obscured due to an ink smear, stage is missing from the right hand corner of the card. Found on unlimited cards.
Blastoise [2/102]
Red Dot Error
Magenta colored dot located above energy symbols for Hydro Pump. Found on unlimited cards.
Charizard [4/102]
Black Dot – Nintendo
Black dot that appears over the Nintendo trademark.
Clefairy [5/102]
Heart “Stamp”
Pink, heart shaped stamp on the top of the card. Found on unlimited cards.
Clefairy [5/102]
Black Dot – Description
Rather large black dot in description of Sing. Found on unlimited cards.
Diglett [47/102]
Sideways Fighting Energy
Energy symbol next to Dig is sideways. Found on unlimited cards.
Dragonair [18/102]
Ink Smear
Ink smear of varying colors through the word “Number” in Slam attack. Found on 1st edition Shadowless and unlimited cards.
Ninetails [12/102]
Missing Damage
Missing attack damage “80” of Fire Blast. Found specifically on some cards of the Brushfire theme deck.
Ninetails [12/102]
Name Ink Bubble
Missing part of name due to an ink bubble.
Pikachu [58/102]
Printing Traces
Found in ZAP! theme decks, features just a portion of a normal first edition stamp. CGC put out a notice about fake versions of these cards popping up in 2022 CGC Article
Pikachu [58/102]
Red Cheeks
Pikachu printed with red cheeks instead of yellow. Common misprint. Found on 1st edition and shadowless.
Vulpix [68/102]
Ink Stain “Blue Butt”
Blue ink stain near tail of Vulpix. Found on Shadowless & Shadowless 1st edition.
Wartortle [42/102]
Evolution Box Error
Stage 1 evolution incorrectly shows Wartortle instead of Squirtle. Found on base set unlimited.
Jungle
Jungle Cards [1-16/64]
Missing Symbol
Missing set symbol on right hand side of card below Pokemon image. Corrected but extensive error. Found on unlimited.
Butterfree [33/64]
1st Edition “d”
Due to an ink defect, the 1st edition stamp looks like a d instead of a 1. Found in 1st edition cards.
Pinsir [9/64]
Scratch in Holo
This error looks like just a scratch on the card above the 1st edition stamp, reveiling the holo underneath, but is actually due to a printing error. Only found on 1st edition cards.
Snorlax [27/64]
Yellow Ink Smear – Highlighter Error
Looks like a yellow highligher streak across the middle-left of the card through The Pokemon Power. Found on unlimited cards.
Venonat [63/64]
Line Error
Vertical line on boarder of card. Found on 1st edition cards.
Fossil
Haunter [06/62]
Yellow Ink Smear
Yellow ink smear across the card. Found on 1st edition cards.
Haunter [06/62]
Blue Ink Stain in Holofoil
Blue ink stain on lower right side of holofoil. Can vary in severity. Found on unlimited cards.
Hitmonlee [07/64]
Yellow Ink Smear
Yellow ink smear across the card. Found on 1st edition cards.
Krabby [51/64]
Fossil Symbol Scratch
Small scracth-like line through set symbol. Found on unlimited cards.
Zapdos [15/64]
Missing Holo
Card is missing holo in the shape of an evolution box in top left. Error was never fixed. Every 1st edition zapdos has this error.
Team Rocket
Dark Dragonite [51/130]
Missing Holo
It is important to pay attention to the set number when looking for this Dark Dragonite error. During printing some were printed with the holo set number of 5/82 but are non-holo (which should be 22/82) Can be found on both 1st edition & unlimited cards.
Gym Challenge
Blaine’s Charizard [02/132]
Incorrect Energy Symbol
Fighting symbol incorrectly placed instead of fire energy in Roaring flames attack. Corrected version is more rare than uncorrected copy.
Rocket’s Minefield [119/132]
Incorrect Description
Missing the “2” within the description on how many damage counters to place. Found on unlimited cards. Due to the late correction the corrected copies are actually more rare.
WOTC Black Star Promos
Articuno
Incorrect Artist
Artist credit on bottom reads “Illus. Toshi Aoki/Toshi Aayoki instead of Naoyo Kimura
Error version more common than corrected card.
Moltres
Incorrect Artist
Artist credit on bottom reads “Illus. Toshi Aoki/Toshi Aayoki instead of Naoyo Kimura
Error version more common than corrected card.
Pikachu
1st Edition Stamped
Was mistakenly printed with a 1st edition stamp. (Promos do not have 1st edition) whereas the majority of the printing was not.
Zapdos
Incorrect Artist
Artist credit on bottom reads “Illus. Toshi Aoki/Toshi Aayoki instead of Naoyo Kimura
Error version more common than corrected card.