Trophy Cards?

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Are these considered Trophy cards?

If not, what would they be considered as?

Examples of a couple different types in question:

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Rare promos and or prize cards… some of the worlds cards have champion-stamped options, if those are trophies or prize cards is probably up for interpretation.

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Was thinking they had to be stamped or something to be considered Trophy cards.

I was guessing the first one would be called a “competition card”?

Second one considered a
Trophy card?

There’s so much shit involving Pokémon cards…I don’t know

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Mysterious Pearl, Miracle Diamond and Wonder Platinum for example really deliver design wise for me what “trophy” cards are about, but they vary a lot in price and had different numbers released - Mysterious Pearl would probably be considered a prize card, while the other two are so rare they are often referred to as trophies. I guess it’s often about perception and availability. Unikarp for example doesn’t even have unique art and looks like it could be a common card, still it’s probably considered trophy tier. Who knows what’s considered a trophy in ten years when people had to adjust their goals.

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I have a couple of these loose in my stuck buyee order from april. PSA10 pop is 2, total pop 10, not a lot were distributed either. Super rare but there’s not much unique about it. Other than I guess the border, black star, and number its just the same as the delta rainbow you can pull from a pack. Really gets me thinking about prize cards and their worth if they don’t have unique artwork or at least a unique stamp. I think this card is still valuable, I mean its rarity is off the charts and it is a piece of prize card history. But its not going to be as desirable as something with more unique features with the same rarity.

Edit: the border does look way better when its not bright yellow like the holon phantoms one though imo. Bulbapedia says it was given only to finalists of each age group at the main battle road tournaments so not a whole lot were distibuted. iirc most of the other battle road promos were given out to top 3 of each age group.

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