While they are still slightly thicker than your average USPCC produced deck, they don't feel quite as noticeably thick as a B9 deck, and this gives them a thickness that is more similar to a standard USPCC produced deck, and makes them more pleasant to use if you're used to handling USPCC produced decks
Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) estimates that it has graded around 24 Pikachu Illustrator cards thus far including the card Tomoya Ohno listed on eBay, which received a PSA grade of eight out of ten, denoting a high-end, near-mint card
Another difference is that they have rubberized text reading " Pokmon Trading Card Game " instead of the printed " Pokmon Gotta catch 'em all ", and a Pokball snap closure instead of the plain buttons of the original, but the inspiration is clearly there, and it serves as a nice callback
[28] 16th century [edit] In the 16th century printed documents replace handwritten sources and card games become a popular topic with preachers, autobiographists and writers in general