Pokémon Trainers Club is building a full set of “GEM MINT” 1st Edition, Pokémon cards.

Mission

Target: 1999 Pokémon, 1st Edition, PSA Gem Mint 10, Complete Set
Total cards: 103
Status: 25/103 obtained | 24% complete

The Pokémon Trainers Club is singularly focused on building a perfect set of 1st Edition, Base Set, Pokemon cards. As of December 2021, twelve sets in the world can claim perfection on the PSA set registry. Membership is by application and all members must contribute at least one PSA 10 card not yet in the set. Any PSA 10 Charizards out there?

Background: The inherently limited supply of Pokémon cards, which are printed and retired in sets, means that as specific cards become more difficult to obtain, their value (and thus their price) increases. Most notably, the rapper Logic spent $226,000 on a PSA 10 Base Set 1st Edition Charizard in October 2020. Two months later, another PSA 10 Charizard sold for $369,000.

DAO details

Name: Pokémon Trainers Club Mission I
How to join: Submit one PSA-graded Gem Mint 10, First Edition, Base Set, Pokémon Trading Card from our list of unheld assets
Goal: Assemble a Perfect Set
Storage: Warehoused and insured through PWCC in Tigard, OR
Governance: Members of this DAO will vote on the acceptance of new cards into the DAO and the acquisition of cards using the DAO’s treasury
Influence: Level of voting influence is based on DAO shares, as determined by the monetary value of each member’s contribution to the DAO’s holdings.

Card requirements

1st edition cards are the most sought after, and that’s the set we’re building right now. They are clearly labeled on the PSA label as ‘1st edition’ and feature a 1st edition stamp typically located to the bottom left of the image.

DAO-eligible cards must:
• Have PSA labels that say both ‘1999 Pokémon Game’ AND ‘1st Edition’
• Feature the ‘1st Edition’ stamp on the card
• Be English versions
• Be base set (not ‘Fossil’, ‘Jungle’, or ‘Shadowless’)