What are the true first Pokemon cards? Question Elite Fourum Base Set 2 (TCG) Bulbapedia, the community driven Pokmon encyclopedia October marks 29 years since the Pokmon Trading Card Game was first released in Japan back in 1996! It's grown into a global phenomenon, from 102 card base sets to billions of cards Is this regarded as the first Pokemon card ever released?, In 1996, Bandai Carddass released these cards one month before the original Pokemon TCG cards., All the artwork was done by Ken Sugimori., Graded Pokmon Cards GameStop THE HOBBY EP11: What was the FIRST Pokemon card ever made? And why is there so much confusion?