Your very first cards...

[moon]

Do you remember what ones they were?

Mine was an energy card, I thiiink a Psychic one. Some kid in the playground gave it to me so I wouldn't feel left out because I didn't have any pokémon cards myself haha. I think others eventually gave me some more, so I could start trading a little bit. Trading was all the rage back then - all the girls wanted Eevee and Jigglypuff!

 

[Hands]

My first card was Wartortle, my cousin gave it to me. I remember my first booster pack, I got an Electrode which I traded for my favourite at the time, Poliwhirl

 

[Leviathan]

Some random Mew promo card that came packaged with a VCR copy of the first Pokémon movie. I don't even know if it's worth anything.

 

[icycatelf]

My first card (albeit non-TCG) was a Burger King Butterfree that a classmate gave me after I kept pestering him. :P

If my memory serves right, I believe my first TCG card was a Jungle Jigglypuff that I bought for $1 during festivities at school. I found out the next day that I could buy Pokémon cards for 25¢ each in the next class over. Dx

My first Japanese card was an Erika's Exeggcute (Lv.15) that a classmate gave me. Can't remember why.

Not sure what my first holo was, but I'm wanting to say Jungle Pinsir. That or Ancient Mew.

 

[Overlord Drakow]

Not all of them but my first booster I pulled both Magnemite and Magneton. I think I actually pulled an Electric energy as well but don't quote me on that. Ever since I've been a fan of the Magnemite line and often incorporate Magnezone into my competitive battling teams. I also ran Magnezone, Zekrom Eels back in the day.

 

[donavannj]

My very first cards... I think all actually came from the Starter Set. Which I then ruined because I didn't know how to take care of cards as a kid

 

[moon]

Oh, and my first bought deck was Misty's deck. Absolutely loved the illustrations on them, I think most were Sugimori variations though.

My first grand mistake in trading was trading away my shiny Gyarados for a bunch of uninteresting common cards, baww. I managed to get one back eventually, but still d: Hard lesson learned - be a harsh negotiator.

 

[Judge Mandolore Shepard]

Of all my Pokemon cards, one thing I remember about the oldest ones I have is that they happen to be from the original Base Set. Course I think they may have been from the Starter Set deck.

 

[Vega_78]

Pikachu and Squirttle where my first 2

 

[Brendino]

The first card that I pulled from my first booster pack was a Dewgong from the original Base Set. It's funny, I can remember weirdly specific details about where I was when I opened it, too (in the back seat of my dad's car with my best friend, in a supermarket not far from my last job, and I know the exact row of parking spaces, too), but I have no idea what ever became of that card.