Base Set (TCG)/Information


 * While this expansion officially introduced the TCG to the United States in January 1999, many stores were initially reluctant to sell the game. As a result, it did not see a widespread release until March or April of that year.
 * This expansion was replaced by TCG Base Set 2 on its release, as by that point Base Set had been out of print for some time.
 * Several final form Pokémon were left out of this set despite their pre-evolved forms appearing - Butterfree, Clefable, Dodrio, Dragonite, Gengar, Hypno, Pidgeot, Rapidash, Sandslash and Weezing. These cards were later released in TCG Jungle and TCG Fossil.