Pokemon card collectors, go and dig out your First Partners Collection Bulbasaur. There is a tiny Pikachu hiding on it, and now that the secret is out, the card's price has shot up.
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See how it worksThe hidden Pikachu sits as a small silhouette in the green stripe in the top left corner of the card. That patch of green is thought to represent Viridian Forest, the spot in the original Pokemon Red and Blue where you could find a wild Pikachu. Given you had only a 5 percent chance of running into one in any patch of grass back then, tucking it away out of sight feels fitting.
The Bulbasaur promo is already a love letter to the 1996 games. The art packs in Pallet Town, the start of Route 1, Mt. Moon in the corner and the first three gym badges, so the hidden Pikachu is one more treat for players who grew up with a Game Boy.
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Start organising for freeOnce the easter egg started spreading on social media, the card jumped. According to TCGplayer sales tracked by Wargamer, it sat at roughly £19 ($25) on 11 May before climbing to around £49 ($65) within days. That has pushed it past the matching Charmander and Squirtle promos from the same set. Only a week earlier, the Bulbasaur was the cheapest of the three. Card prices swing for all sorts of reasons, so this is not a guaranteed long-term spike, but the timing is hard to ignore.
It is a good reminder that the fun of trading cards is not only in the chase or the resale value. Sometimes it is in spotting the little details an artist slipped past you. Worth getting the magnifying glass out for your own binder before your next game night.
Sources: Wargamer | Player.One
