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SANDSHREW CARDS GUIDE (JP VER.?How do you tell Sandshrew cards apart?Check the number and rarity letters in the bottom corner. Promo numbers end in -P (e.g. 261/SV-P). The earliest cards (1996–2001) have no number — use the set symbol and rarity mark.)
FIRST SANDSHREW · OCT 20, 1996?Sandshrew was in the first Japanese Pocket Monster card game Base Set, released October 20, 1996 — over two years before the English TCG.

JAPANESE SANDSHREW CARD CHECKLIST

[7 CARDS] 1996 BASE SET TO 2023

Sandshrew has been printed many times in Japan since the 1996 Base Set, almost always as a common. These 7 are the ones worth finding. The 3 marked ★ are the ones to look for first: the 1996 no-rarity original, the 1998 Vending glossy and the 151 Master Ball mirror 027/165.

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★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:1996 · BASE SETSandshrewNO RARITY · 1ST PRINT(eBay) → GET ITEM:1996+ · BASE SETSandshrew● COMMON MARK · REPRINT(eBay) ★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:1998 · VENDINGSandshrewSERIES 2 (RED) · GLOSSY(eBay) → GET ITEM:1998 · GYMBrock’s SandshrewLEADERS’ STADIUM(eBay) → GET ITEM:2016 · CP6Sandshrew052/087 · 20TH(eBay) ★ LOOK FOR→ GET ITEM:2023 · 151Sandshrew027/165 · SV2a(eBay) → GET ITEM:2023 · CLASSICSandshrew008/032 · CLF(eBay)