INCREDIBLY RARE FULL "COMPLETE" EXPEDITION SET 165/165 W/ Holo Blastoise, Reverse Holo Charizard & Bulbas

A complete non-master run of Wizards of the Coast's 2002 Expedition Base Set, presenting the full #1-165 numbered set in a single cohesive binder. The offering captures the entirety of the landmark first e-Reader release in its intended form, every card in the numbered run accounted for and assembled as a unified whole.

Anchoring the lot is a trio of premium parallel upgrades: a holographic Blastoise displaying the signature Expedition crackle foil, a reverse-holographic Charizard (#39) showcasing the full-card shimmer treatment that collectors pursue above all other Expedition variants, and a reverse-holographic Bulbasaur rounding out the starter trio in parallel form. Each of these three headline cards is accompanied by its standard non-holo counterpart, included behind the featured parallel, giving the acquirer both versions of the set's most coveted cards in a single transaction.

Beyond the featured parallels, every card in the numbered 165/165 set is present and accounted for in its standard non-holographic printing, from the complete Johto and Kanto Pokémon roster spanning the full evolution families, through the entire trainer suite including Professor Oak's Research, Pokémon Nurse, Mary's Impulse, Professor Elm's Training Method, Master Ball, Dual Ball, and Multi Technical Machine 01, down to the full basic energy lineup and the special Darkness and Metal energies that cap the numbered run at 165/165. Nothing is missing. Nothing has been substituted. The set presents exactly as it was intended to be collected in 2002.

Complete Expedition Base Set runs represent one of the most structurally significant configurations in the entire WOTC-era Pokémon hobby. As the inaugural release of the e-Reader era and WOTC's penultimate Pokémon production before licensing transitioned to Nintendo, the set carries unique historical weight, introducing the landscape holo window and e-Reader dot-code technology that would define the brief but distinctive e-Series. At 165 cards, Expedition is also the largest WOTC-era Pokémon set ever produced, making the assembly of a complete run an exponentially more demanding undertaking than any preceding release. Intact 165/165 sets have grown progressively scarcer as the grading market has pulled headliners out of completed sets one at a time, and reassembling a full set today, particularly one anchored by a holo Blastoise and reverse-holo Charizard with both non-holo copies also intact, requires either years of patient sourcing or a single decisive acquisition at the set level.

This presentation offers the acquirer that decisive acquisition: an immediate, fully realized position within one of the most historically meaningful releases in the Pokémon TCG, assembled at a level of completeness that the market rewards disproportionately and that becomes harder to replicate with every passing year.

One of dozens of deeply curated, phenomenal Pokémon lots up for auction this week. A must have for any serious Pokémon collector or investor.

Condition as described by professional grading company. Slab condition as pictured. You will receive the EXACT ITEM(S) PICTURED.

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