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1) It authenticates the card, 2) it locks in that beautiful condition forever, and, for the right card in the right shape, 3) it unlocks a real premium over a raw copy
The first version of the Starter Deck is the 104-01 postcode + 1st edition rulebook The first version of the Booster Pack is referred to as the short pack Storefront posters show both Starter Deck and short pack booster (note the poster features the 1st edition rulebook with 3d text effect) The best chance of pulling no rarities is to open up product that is as close to being released on 20 October as possible Unfortunately, looking just at the outside of a Starter Deck we can only determine up to the 2nd rulebook change, which puts the decks production date between 20 October 1996 - 2 Feb 1998(104-0061) Additionally, for the short packs we can determine an approximated production range until the release of Fossil which did not include short packs
As we never got there, this part of the design never got discussed.) First, the trigger needed to be a single thing to make it easy to track
It provides card selection, an evasive body, and cheap casting and crew costs all rolled into one