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Release date, card count, chase cards and how it compares with the XY era.
Yellow A Alternate is a compact promotional run of just 6 cards, with 6 catalog printings and no secret cards above the count. It belongs to the XY era and series of the English-language Pokémon TCG and was released on February 5, 2014. As a promo collection it has no booster structure to speak of, and the card list is split between 4 Rares and 2 Uncommons. Fighting and Lightning are the Pokémon types it leans on, and the work is shared among 4 distinct illustrators, with 5ban Graphics credited on 3 of the cards.
Yellow A Alternate has no real chase tier. Every card in the card list is either a Rare or an Uncommon, and none sits in a higher rarity bracket, so there are no secret cards numbered beyond the 6 printed. The most valuable cards in the set are decided by the Pokémon rather than the print rarity, and with only 6 cards in total, any single pull is a meaningful share of the whole. 5ban Graphics, who illustrated 3 of the cards, accounts for half the checklist, while Naoki Saito and Ryo Ueda each have 1.
The comparison facts for Yellow A Alternate do not include value or activity rankings, so its position among XY promotional runs is best read from where it falls in the release order. It followed XY Black Star Promos, a much larger 211-card promotional line from October 12, 2013, and came before McDonald's Collection 2014, a 12-card set released on May 23, 2014. At only 6 cards, this release date marks one of the smallest checklists around it. Its neighbours lead with Pikachu EX and Pikachu respectively.
Yellow A Alternate was released February 5, 2014.
Yellow A Alternate has 6 cards.
Yellow A Alternate is part of the XY era.
| Measure | This setYellow A Alternate | Previous setXY Black Star Promos | Next setMcDonald's Collection 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Feb 5, 2014 | Oct 12, 2013 | May 23, 2014 |
| Printed cards | 6 | 211 | 12 |
| Master set value | — | ≥ $10,096.63 | $204.82 |
| Most valuable card price | — | $499.82 | $43.41 |
| Priced cards | — | 211 of 216 | 12 of 12 |
Completing Yellow A Alternate means tracking down all 6 catalog printings, a short and finite list. With 4 Rares and 2 Uncommons and no secret cards past the official count, there is no hidden layer of chase cards to hunt beyond the basic card list. That small size keeps the scope of a full set easy to grasp, since the entire run can be listed at a glance and every card is a known quantity.
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