{"product_id":"base-set-master-set-kit","title":"Base Set Master Set Kit · Printable Binder Placeholders + Variant Checklist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e108 printable placeholders and a four page checklist covering all four English print runs. Build your Base Set binder in perfect order before you own the cards.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollecting more than one? The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wotc-master-set-bundle\"\u003eWOTC Master Set Bundle\u003c\/a\u003e has Base Set, Jungle and Fossil for £19, or take all six sets in the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wotc-six-set-bundle\"\u003eSix Set Bundle\u003c\/a\u003e for £36.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBuild the binder first. Fill it as you go.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery Base Set collector hits the same wall. You want the binder in perfect number order, but you own forty cards and the gaps make it look like a half finished project instead of a collection in progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kit fixes that. You print a placeholder for all 102 cards, slot them into your 9 pocket pages in order, and the binder looks complete from day one. Every time a card arrives, you pull the placeholder and drop the real card into its exact spot. No reshuffling, no rebuilding, no guessing which number goes where.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is on each placeholder\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCard number and its position in the set, the card name, a colour band for the type or category, and the rarity. Nothing else. They are quiet enough to sit next to real cards without fighting them, and clear enough to read at a glance across an open binder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour bands are also a fast visual map. Once the binder is set up you can see the shape of the set, where your holes are, and how far along you are without reading a single word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe checklist does the part collectors actually find hard\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBase Set is not 102 cards. It is 102 cards across four English print runs, and that is where people lose track.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery card gets its own row with four tick boxes: 1st Edition, Shadowless, Unlimited and 1999-2000. There is a grade and notes line beside each row for PSA numbers, condition notes, or what you paid. The cover page has rarity totals to fill in as you go, a plain English explainer of how to tell the four print runs apart, and a dedicated tracker for the sixteen holos, because that is where most of the set value sits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost checklists stop at three runs. This one includes the 1999-2000 print, also called the 4th print or the UK print, where the copyright line at the bottom of the card ends 1999-2000 instead of 1999. It went mainly to the UK, Europe and Australia, it is the smallest of the English runs, and it is the one most collectors have sitting in a binder without realising it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also flags the three things that trip people up. Machamp 8\/102 was only ever 1st Edition inside the 2-Player Starter Deck, which makes it the cheapest 1st Edition holo in the set. Cards 97 to 102 carry no rarity symbol at all, which is correct and not a misprint. And on 1999-2000 cards Vulpix 68\/102 reads 50 HP, corrected from the error HP 50 on every earlier run, so one card tells you a lot about which run you are holding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e12 placeholder sheets\u003c\/strong\u003e, nine cards per page, crop marks included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e102 numbered placeholders\u003c\/strong\u003e, Alakazam 1\/102 through Water Energy 102\/102, in set order\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1 Base Set title card\u003c\/strong\u003e for the front of the binder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e5 blank write in cards\u003c\/strong\u003e for promos, variants or your own notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e4 page master checklist\u003c\/strong\u003e with 1st Edition, Shadowless, Unlimited and 1999-2000 boxes and a grade and notes line for all 102 cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e2 page print and cut guide\u003c\/strong\u003e with the exact settings, the colour key, and three ways collectors set these up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBoth paper sizes.\u003c\/strong\u003e A4 and US Letter, six PDFs in total\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSizes and printing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlaceholders cut to 63 x 88 mm, just inside a real card at 63.5 x 88.9 mm, so they sit flush in a standard 9 pocket page without bowing the plastic. Print at 100% or Actual size, never Fit to page. Matte cardstock between 220 and 300 gsm gives the best result. Matte beats gloss because gloss grips the inside of the pocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eInstant download\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFiles arrive the moment you check out. Print as many copies as you like, as often as you like, for your own collection. If a placeholder gets bent or coffee lands on a sheet, print it again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePlease note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a digital download. No physical item is posted. It is an unofficial fan made organiser and is not produced by, endorsed by or affiliated with Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokemon Company. 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