The print run was the smallest of the early sets, making Alpha cards the most valuable for collectors who prioritize scarcity and historical significance
1989 Tajiris video game development company, Game Freak, releases Pocket Monsters: Red and Green for the Nintendo Game Boy in Japan
It was planned as a small subset of cards similar to Aftermath , but that set flopped so hard they repurposed these as an add-on to Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Here a comparison picture of this 3D Thin stamp, a regular Thick stamp, and a Holo Thin stamp (its out of order because the Thin stamp is PSA-graded, so I cant really put it in the middle of the three cards): DSCN46471280273 137 KB Smudged Thin stamp: In some cases a stamp can be smudged
They are not updated after they're built, meaning you need to wait for the next release if you encounter a bug, or use the SNAPSHOT version instead