I was looking into these cards and noticed 2 things. The first is that it says on bulbapedia that Japanese versions of these cards exist, however a google search led to only the 12 English released ones. Follow up question to that if they do exist is, are there also 12 variants in Japanese as well? Lastly, as I was looking into PSA and then grading these cards, it seems they only recognize 6 out of the 12 cards, they don’t recognize the different years for the seasons. Is there any way to get them to change that? Or are we just stuck with a more generic label for them? Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
Mjisaacs
Well the Japanese release do exist!! I own a 2013 2nd place and a 2012 3rd place. I’m sure I’ve got more info about them somewhere, I’ll try and dig it out…
2013 Battle carnival 2nd place victory cup by Simon, on Flickr
2012 Battle carnival 3rd place victory cup by Simon, on Flickr
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I can’t seem to find my info…
I believe the Japanese ones had four releases. So yes 12 different variants.
2011 Battle Carnival
2012 Spring Battle Carnival
2012 Autumn Battle Carnival
2013 Spring Battle Carnival
Thank you for trying at least! I’ll just assume there are 12 until proven other wise. For someone who doesn’t read Japanese, where on the card does it say spring or autumn?
Mjisaacs
Edit: @pokeg responsed right after I responded to this so thank you for the confirmation!
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Correct, the Japanese versions were given out at those 4 tournaments 
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