Print finish
Illustration rare
Full-art chase of an existing card. Collectors hunt these; decks can play the cheap version.
Play legality
If the game text matches, it is that card. Art is collectible.
Illustration rares are the full-art commons of the modern era — often a Basic or a Trainer with a painting.
Play the $2 copy. Frame the IR. Both can live in the same collection; only one needs to be in the 60.
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Other print finishes
Common / Uncommon
The bulk of a set. Same Pokémon name still shares one character dossier here.
Holo
Foil treatment of a playable card. Usually the same game text as the non-holo.
ex / Double Rare
A rulebox Pokémon. Worth extra Prize cards when KO’d.
Special illustration
The big alt-art. Same card for play, different row in this catalog.
Promo
Stamped or stamped-set extras. Check the collector number.