Pokemon Shining Raichu - Neo Destiny 1st Edition (Italian), BGS 7

Shining Raichu from Neo Destiny, released in 2002, belongs to the final chapter of the Neo series, the block that closed the first great era of the Pokemon Trading Card Game. The set arrived at the end of the Wizards of the Coast period, when the illustration language of the game had reached full maturity, and it remains one of the most recognisable releases of the vintage years.

The card sits inside the Shining Pokemon category, the small group that depicted a Pokemon in its chromatic form. Raichu appears here in the green and gold colouring that distinguishes the shiny variant from its traditional orange, a palette that makes the card immediately identifiable on a table of holos. As with the other Shining cards of the Neo era, it was printed in smaller quantity than the standard holographic run of its set, a distribution choice that explains the weight this group carries among vintage collectors.

This example is the Italian printing, certified by Beckett Grading Services at BGS 7 Near Mint, with subgrades of 8 for centring, 7 for corners and surface, and 6.5 for edges. It carries the 1st Edition mark and the secret rare number 111/105, placed outside the numbering of the set. Encapsulated and authenticated, it belongs to a vintage Italian run or to a Shining collection where condition and language both count.