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That Rhydon Guy

@ForgottenFirst_

Collecting every 1st edition Rhydon from Jungle set | Documenting Pokemon #001 | Building the archive → https://teapawt.org/t.co/ARJfERZBby

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Joined December 2025
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Pokémon has “rookie cards”. Collectors just don’t really call them that yet. For Rhydon, the answer is surprisingly clear: 1999 Jungle #45 — its first English-language Pokémon card. And the 1st Edition copy may be one of the most overlooked early Pokémon cards in the hobby.
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Bulbasaur fans, I'm sorry. 🦏
Always Has Been meme: an astronaut looks at a planet that is the real Jungle 1st Edition Rhydon #45 artwork and asks 'Wait, Pokémon started with Rhydon?'. A second astronaut behind him answers 'Always has been'. @ForgottenFirst_ watermark.

ALT Always Has Been meme: an astronaut looks at a planet that is the real Jungle 1st Edition Rhydon #45 artwork and asks 'Wait, Pokémon started with Rhydon?'. A second astronaut behind him answers 'Always has been'. @ForgottenFirst_ watermark.

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Turns out "aim for the horn" is a misquote. In the actual episode (Riddle Me This, the Blaine gym battle), Ash just has Pikachu use Rhydon's horn as a conductor. Ground type. Shouldn't have worked. Still my favourite bit of anime physics.
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Shadowless upgrade question I keep going back and forth on: do you chase 9s on the holos first, or the commons nobody else bothers with? I keep saying holos. Then I end up staring at commons anyway.
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Didn't know this until today: Jungle Rhydon is in the Game Boy TCG game too. Mystery packs, card C31. Japan had that cartridge in December 1998, six months before English Jungle even came out.
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The 'd Edition' Butterfree is a fascinating look at the WotC printing process. An ink bubble trapped during the 1st Edition stamping turned the '1' into a 'd'. Over 100 copies exist, proving that even early 'standard' prints held notable production variants.
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The English Jungle Rhydon #45 is often treated as a late-90s arrival, but it arrived digitally for Japanese players long before physical packs landed overseas. It appeared in the Game Boy TCG as card C31 in the Mystery set on 18 December 1998.
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Open to counterarguments. Mostly. 🦏
Change My Mind meme: a man sits at an outdoor table holding a real Jungle 1st Edition Rhydon #45 card. Top caption: 'The first Pokémon ever designed'. The sign on the table reads 'His rookie card is Jungle #45. Change my mind.' @ForgottenFirst_ watermark.

ALT Change My Mind meme: a man sits at an outdoor table holding a real Jungle 1st Edition Rhydon #45 card. Top caption: 'The first Pokémon ever designed'. The sign on the table reads 'His rookie card is Jungle #45. Change my mind.' @ForgottenFirst_ watermark.

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Kagemaru Himeno's Rhydon art came back twice. Base Set 2. 59/130. Legendary Collection. 35/110. Reprints are echoes. Jungle #45 is where it started. Stack Dons. 🦏
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The 2000 US Game Boy 'Pokémon Trading Card Game' left us a curious footnote: the Ninetales card is misspelled as 'Ninetails'. It wasn't just physical paper that saw these early printing errors; even digital cards inherited the chaos of the time.
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Every card show. Same two buttons. I always press the horn. 🦏
Two Buttons meme: a sweating collector chooses between 'Chase another Charizard' and 'Stack the first Pokémon ever designed', with a real Jungle 1st Edition Rhydon #45 card by the second button. Caption: 'Me at every card show'. @ForgottenFirst_ watermark.

ALT Two Buttons meme: a sweating collector chooses between 'Chase another Charizard' and 'Stack the first Pokémon ever designed', with a real Jungle 1st Edition Rhydon #45 card by the second button. Caption: 'Me at every card show'. @ForgottenFirst_ watermark.

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December 1996. CoroCoro's Base Set poster in Japan: collect all 102 + 2. 102 cards. 2 promos from the month before. Base Set was never just 102. Mine's 104/102. Shadowless, graded. 🦏
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Before there was a Pokédex order, there was a drawing order. Rhydon was at the front of that line. Jungle 1st Ed #45 made it a card. 🦏
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Complete is a checkpoint. 104/102 graded Shadowless. Upgrade is the archive. 🦏
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Most collectors stay in the Charizard lane. I took the exit. 🦏
Left Exit 12 meme: exit labeled Jungle 1st Ed #45, straight lane Another Charizard Chase, car swerves to exit; real Jungle 1st Edition Rhydon #45 card below with caption The exit most people miss. @ForgottenFirst_ watermark.

ALT Left Exit 12 meme: exit labeled Jungle 1st Ed #45, straight lane Another Charizard Chase, car swerves to exit; real Jungle 1st Edition Rhydon #45 card below with caption The exit most people miss. @ForgottenFirst_ watermark.

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Japan got Jungle on 5 March 1997. English collectors waited until 16 June 1999. 27 months. That's how long Rhydon waited to get his English rookie card. Jungle #45. History precedes hype. 🦏
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Everyone's got a rookie card opinion. Mine has a horn. 🦏
Drake Hotline Bling meme: Drake rejects 'Calling Charizard Pokémon's rookie card' and approves a Jungle 1st Edition Rhydon #45 card captioned 'The first Pokémon ever designed'. @ForgottenFirst_ watermark.

ALT Drake Hotline Bling meme: Drake rejects 'Calling Charizard Pokémon's rookie card' and approves a Jungle 1st Edition Rhydon #45 card captioned 'The first Pokémon ever designed'. @ForgottenFirst_ watermark.

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The distinction between English Shadowless and other 1st Edition prints is often misunderstood. While English Base Set transitioned from 1st Edition to an unstamped Shadowless layout before the drop-shadowed Unlimited, other languages did not share this path.
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Shadowless is heavily undervalued
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Squirtle 1st edition PSA 10 has sold for $6,450 🌊
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The Shadowless master set is more than just an unstamped Base Set. Deepening the 102-card baseline, the Ninetales #12 'Missing Attack' error—exclusive to the Brushfire theme deck—serves as a crucial reminder of early English production inconsistencies.
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1990. Rhydon was designed first. Some of you are holding 25 cards right now. 🦏
Uno draw 25 meme: 'Admit Rhydon was the first Pokémon ever designed or draw 25'; Charizard maxis are holding a full hand of cards.

ALT Uno draw 25 meme: 'Admit Rhydon was the first Pokémon ever designed or draw 25'; Charizard maxis are holding a full hand of cards.

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