Before Base Set: The First Pokmon Cards Nintendo's 1996 Playing Decks by 151 Card House Write A Catalyst Medium Charizard Holo No Rarity 1996 collecto Here is my review of the Giovanni's Card Cleaning Kit from @pokemastercenter I had when a few reels of card restoration, but had never dabbled into it myself. I decided to jump October marks 29 years since the Pokmon Trading Card Game was first released in Japan back in 1996! It's grown into a global phenomenon, from 102 card base sets to billions of cards