Legendary Collection (TCG)/Information


 * This set was never released in Japan.
 * This is the first English set since TCG Base Set 2 to not have a 1st Edition run.
 * Legendary Collection was basically a "Base Set 3"; a sequel to TCG Base Set 2. This was a bold move for Wizards of the Coast, considering that Base 2 wasn't well received by the Pokémon TCG community in general. Many believe that the unpopularity of Base Set 2 was the reason why Legendary Collection wasn't called "Base Set 3". Ironically, however, Legendary Collection ended up becoming one of Wizards' more successful Pokémon TCG sets.
 * Like Base Set 2, Legendary Collection was a combination of cards from previous sets, specifically TCG Base Set, TCG Jungle, TCG Fossil, and TCG Team Rocket. One TCG Wizards Black Star Promos (Black Star Promo) even made its way into this set:.
 * To appeal to players, Legendary Collection was the first Pokémon set that was actually built for tournaments. The pack set up has Pokémon of the same type in it, a very useful setup for Sealed Draft tournaments. The set was also built with the TCG Modified tournament format in mind, so old cards that would help modern Modified decks made the cut while considerably broken cards from the past (like and ) were kept out.
 * To appeal to collectors, Legendary Collection was the first set to include two new trends for the Pokémon TCG - reverse-holographic refractors and TCG Box Toppers. Wizards took a hint from Magic and made a reverse-holo refractor card for every single card in the set. This trend carried over with Nintendo's occupation of the TCG, and has featured in every expansion since. Box toppers, jumbo sized versions of a number of cards from the set (4 of them in this case), were also inserted in every box.