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Hi,

Im looking for information on some promo cards that were distributed with the k-zone magazine in australia. Supposedly a special version of black star promo Kyogre 001 and Groudon 002 ex could be found in the october volume of K-zone in 2003. But i cant for the life of me find out where this information comes from, or find any picture proof of this. Can anyone in here tell me anything about this? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Pictures for visiblity.

This is my first post and probably only post I’m going to make, so hopefully I’m posting this in the right place.
A few months ago, Veronica Taylor visited Sydney for Supernova, and I was lucky enough to get her to sign a personal card of mine — the 1999 Black Star Promo Pikachu from Pokémon: The First Movie.
At the time, I honestly just wanted to meet her and have a childhood card signed for my personal collection. After seeing other examples of her signed cards online, I thought it would be really cool to have one of my own.
During the signing, she asked me what I wanted her to write. I told her to write whatever she wanted, as I was mainly just appreciative of the opportunity to meet her and have a card from my childhood signed by someone who was such a huge part of it.
She ended up adding “I Choose You” alongside her signature.
I’ve seen this exact Pikachu promo with Veronica Taylor’s signature before, but I haven’t been able to find another example with this particular “I Choose You” inscription and her signature.
I’m planning on eventually sending the card to PSA for authentication/grading. I’m under no illusion that the card itself is going to be a PSA 10 — it’s my childhood card and has plenty of wear, I’d say maybe a PSA 7-8— but I’m mainly interested in documenting the autograph and inscription.
So I’m curious: has anyone here come across this exact card with Veronica Taylor’s signature and the “I Choose You” inscription before?
I also haven’t personally seen any examples of a Veronica Taylor auto 10 on this particular card with the inscription, although I may simply not be looking in the right places.
I’m wondering if anyone might have this exact same card with the same inscription, or any information to help me understand if this is possibly even the only known example?

I don’t plan on selling it, and I do have a long term plan to hopefully pass this down to my own children one day, but before I do that, I genuinely want to know what I’m currently holding. Is it possibly a piece of Pokemon history? Or is this just a card that has plenty of copies out there but just not publicly known?

Hey everyone, I’m Aaron.

I built CardScope AU because I kept seeing US prices used as the benchmark here, even though they don’t always translate cleanly to the Australian market. Once currency conversion, international postage, GST and—for graded cards—the costs of grading and return postage are taken into account, the real cost for Australian collectors can be different.

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• Scan a Pokémon card or search using its name and card number
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• Adjust the target percentage for buying or trading
• Optionally save cards to a collection or create private comp lists

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It’s still early, so I’m looking for honest feedback—especially about scan accuracy, missing cards, confusing parts of the results or anything that would make it more useful during an actual buy or trade.

The prices are evidence rather than a guaranteed value. Condition, the exact printing and the available sales still matter.

Full disclosure: I built the site.

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