English Shadowless 1st edition (2D) Red Cheeks SPOILER: Click to show 600800 172 KB Compared to the first card shown, well see three major differences:* The 1st Edition symbol The shadowless borders around its artwork The red cheeks in the artwork Some other minor differences include: The thinner font (especially noticeable at the 40 HP) These Shadowless cards usually have a lighter overall color The Thunder Jolt attack is just two lines on the Shadowless Pikachu cards, but three on the unlimited edition Pikachu cards The first part of the copyright date of Shadowless cards mentions 1995, 96, 98, 99, which will be 1995, 96, 98 on the unlimited edition cards When the first few cards of the Base Set were printed they still had Shadowless borders, unlike all the other WotC sets, or the later releases of the Base Set
1 Vanishing Verse An instant costing one white and one black, Vanishing Verse can exile a target monocolored permanent
Grass energy cards power attacks and abilities that involve plants or nature
Note that this was at the time the only card that made you pay life, and the assumed interaction between Channel and Circle of Protection: Green made them initially print the "Life spent this way is not considered damage"
