First major card?
sooo long ago.... non-holo jungle set Vileplume, probably.
IIRC, I started out with a bunch of different-set boosters, and then proceeded to buy every theme deck I could find until the end of Gym Heroes (little n00b ).
My second (and last) trade was 3 of my commons for a non-holo fossil set Magneton. I learned several years later that I ripped him off (unintentionally).
ThePokemonDude said:
I think I got my first pack on my birthday when I turned 5 or 6, I god a 1st ED. Dark Blastoise from Team Rocket
Ahhh yes... In my first booster (EX Dragon Frontiers), I pulled the pure awesome Salamence ex δ. About 2 months later I bought a Suicune blister. In an Unseen Forces pack I got, I pulled T-Tar ex. Both of those are part of the only 4 ex's I've pulled myself. (The others are Aggron and Swampert, both CG)
i haven't collected in a while but now that i got into the dp/pt series, i got a Darkrai Lv.X from the first pack i got.
it's my favorite Lv.X second only to Flygon Lv.X so i was really happy <3 ^^
The first card I ever got that became a tournament staple was Base Set Hitmonchan. It did Jab for 1 Fighting and inflicts 20 damage; and it did Special Punch for 2 Fighting and 1 Colorless and inflicts 40 damage. To think that this used to be considered one of the fastest cards with high damage output per Energy.
The first Shining card I got was Shining Gyarados. The first Pokémon-ex I got was Kabutops ex from Sandstorm. The first Pokémon-star I got was Mew-*. The first Level X card I got was Empoleon Lv.X.
my first card that i thought was awesome was base set pikachu.
i got into the tcg becasue of the anime and pikachu was so strong so when i got the card i thoght it was super powerful and i got really excited.
My first card was an ERROR Bulbasaur from Base Set, I think I still have it but I can't find it right now, my first holo was a Nintales. My first EX was a Tyranitar EX from Unseen Forces, first shiny was none, I never got one, first * was again I never got one, first Lv.X was a Torterra and my first secret rare was a Charizard from SF. My first theme deck was the amazing OVERGROWTH.
Me and my little brother had gotten a Piplup and Turtwig tin that Easter. Before we begin opening the packs, I ask for him to trade one of my PK packs for one of his. He agreed.
So, we begin opening up our packs, and my first PK Pack had Claydol ex. Then, I opened the PK Pack I got from my little brother, and pulled Metagross ex. He felt like a sucker...
First major that I STILL REMEMBER was from 12 RS boosters. I was ignorant on how they were so I didn't get overexcited but I got
Magmar EX
Lapras EX
Syther EX
Chansey EX
and Hitmonchan EX