Pokémon Merlin Series 2
Pokémon cards featuring all Pokémon found in Kanto were created by Pokémon Merlin cards subsidiary of Topps in 2000. The collection features 216 stickers in total starting with 206 numbered cards and 10 poster cards.
The largest part of this set consist out of episode cards from the TV series with some of these cards consisting out of 2 pieces to complete the artwork. This set also has 12 'punch-out' sticker cards and 20 chase cards with sparkle cards and the big 3 animation cards with Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur. Lastly there are 10 poster cards focused on the different Gym Badges of Kanto.
The cards were sold in packs of six and a sticker album was also made for the set. The cards can be best recognized by checking the backside of the cards. The trademark year is the best indicator, which out of the 7 sets the card is from.
Sparkle Cards
Out of these 216 cards there are 24 sparkle / holo cards which were selected out of the artworks based on desirability. This is the only set that has 2 versions of the sparkle / holo cards: regular ones and 'cracked ice' cards. Examples are added for each card.
List of cards
Episode cards
There are 206 numbered cards in this set. The first 97 are episode cards from the TV series. Some of these cards are puzzle pieces which need 2 cards to complete.
| Set # | Pokémon | Card | Card |
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| 1 | Logo | 
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| 2 | Ash Pikachu Brock Misty | 
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| 3 | Ash | 
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| 4 | Ash | 
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| 5 & 6 | Professor Oak Ash | 
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| 7 | Professor Oak Ash Pikachu | 
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| 8 & 9 | Professor Oak Ash Pikachu | 
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| 10 | Ash | 
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| 11 | Ash Pikachu | 
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| 12 | Ash Pikachu Spearow | 
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| 13 | Ash Pikachu | 
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| 14 | Ash Pikachu | 
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| 15 | Pikachu | 
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| 16 | Pikachu | 
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| 17 | Pikachu | 
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| 18 | Pikachu Squirtle | 
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| 19 | Jessie James Meowth | 
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| 20 | Caterpie | 
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| 21 | Arbok Pidgeotto | 
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| 22 | Koffing | 
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| 23 | Caterpie | 
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| 24 | Ash Misty Pikachu | 
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| 25 | Brock Pikachu Ash | 
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| 26 | Onix Pikachu | 
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| 27 & 28 | Ash Pikachu | 
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| 29 | Pikachu | 
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| 30 | Ash Pikachu | 
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| 31 | Pikachu | 
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| 32 | Pikachu Onix | 
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| 33 | Pikachu Onix | 
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| 34 | Pikachu Ash | 
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| 35 | Ash Meowth | 
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| 36 | Meowth Pikachu | 
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| 37 | Meowth Bulbasaur Squirtle | 
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| 38 | Meowth | 
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| 39 | Meowth Voltorb | 
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| 40 | Pikachu | 
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| 41 | Bulbasaur | 
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| 42 | Pikachu | 
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| 43 | Pikachu Bulbasaur | 
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| 44 | Pikachu | 
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| 45 | Pikachu Misty Ash Brock | 
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| 46 | Ash Pikachu Misty | 
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| 48 | caterpie oddish paras weepingbell | 
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| 49 | Brock Ash Staryu | 
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| 50 | Jessie James Meowth | 
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| 51 & 52 | Bulbasaur Misty Ash | 
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| 53 | Jessie James Meowth | 
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| 54 | Pidgeotto | 
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| 55 | Brock Misty Ash Pikachu | 
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| 56 | Bulbasaur | 
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| 57 | Bulbasaur Meowth Squirtle | 
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| 58 | Bulbasaur | 
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| 59 | Bulbasaur | 
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| 60 | Bulbasaur Ash | 
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| 61 | Pikachu Raichu | 
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| 62 | Pikachu Ash | 
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| 63 | Pikachu Raichu | 
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| 64 | Pikachu Raichu | 
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| 65 | Ash | 
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| 66 | Pikachu Squirtle | 
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| 68 | Squirtle Squad | 
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| 69 | Squirtle Squad | 
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| 70 | Pikachu | 
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| 71 | Squirtle Ash Misty Brock | 
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| 72 | Squirtle Ash Misty Brock | 
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| 73 | Squirtle Ash | 
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| 74 & 75 | Squirtle Ash Misty Brock | 
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| 76 | Squirtle Squad | 
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| 77 | Charmander | 
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| 78 | Charmander | 
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| 79 | Charmander | 
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| 80 | Charmander | 
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| 81 | Charmander Primeape | 
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| 82 | Pikachu Squirtle Bulbasaur Pidgeotto | 
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| 83 | Tentacruel | 
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| 84 | Tentacruel Tentacool | 
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| 85 | Tentacool Pidgeotto Pikachu | 
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| 86 | Horsea Misty | 
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| 87 | Brock Ash Misty | 
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| 88 | Brock Ash Misty Pikachu | 
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| 89 & 90 | Pikachu Psyduck Charmander Ash | 
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| 91 | Brock Ash Misty Pikachu | 
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| 92 | Brock Ash Misty Pikachu | 
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| 93 | Jessie James Meowth | 
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| 94 & 95 | Jessie James Meowth | 
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| 96 | Jessie James Meowth | 
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| 97 | Jessie James Meowth | 
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Pokémon cards
There are 206 numbered cards in this set. The second set of 12 cards are cards with the Pokémon punched out so they can be used as stickers.
| Set # | Pokémon | Card |
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| 98 | Staryu | 
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| 99 | Poliwhirl | 
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| 100 | Eevee | 
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| 101 | Mew | 
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| 102 | Gengar | 
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| 103 | Ivysaur | 
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| 104 | Onix | 
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| 105 | Ditto | 
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| 106 | Mewtwo | 
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| 107 | Snorlax | 
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| 108 | Clefairy | 
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| 109 | Chansey | 
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Sparkle & big 3 cards
There are 206 numbered cards in this set. The third set of 20 cards are cards with sparkle cards and ending with the iconic big 3 Pokémon Charizard, Venusaur and Blastoise.
| Set # | Pokémon | Regular | Cracked Ice |
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| 110 | Abra | 
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| 111 | Dragonair | 
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| 112 | Electabuzz | 
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| 113 | Graveler | 
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| 114 | Krabby | 
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| 115 | Lapras | 
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| 116 | Machamp | 
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| 117 | Nidoking | 
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| 118 | Rhydon | 
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| 119 | Tauros | 
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| 120 | Electrode | 
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| 121 | Charizard | 
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| 122 | Charizard | 
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| 123 | Charizard | 
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| 124 | Venusaur | 
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| 125 | Venusaur | 
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| 126 | Venusaur | 
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| 127 | Blastoise | 
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| 128 | Blastoise | 
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| 129 | Blastoise | 
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Episode cards part 2
There are 206 numbered cards in this set. The last 77 cards of the set are again episode cards from the tv-series. Some of these cards are puzzle pieces which need 2 cards to complete.
| Set # | Pokémon | Card | Card |
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| 130 | Pikachu Squirtle Charmander Bulbasaur | 
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| 131 | Pikachu Squirtle Bulbasaur | 
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| 132 | Meowth Koffing Ekans | 
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| 133 | Pikachu Squirtle Charmander Bulbasaur | 
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| 134 | Pikachu Squirtle Charmander | 
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| 135 & 136 | Squirtle Charmander Bulbasaur Rhydon | 
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| 137 | Pikachu Bulbasaur Charmander Squirtle | 
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| 138 | Kabutops Jessie James | 
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| 139 | Bulbasaur Charmander Squirtle | 
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| 140 | Pikachu Charmander Squirtle Ash | 
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| 141 | Pikachu Bulbasaur Charmander Squirtle | 
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| 142 | Pikachu Squirtle | 
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| 143 | Bulbasaur Squirtle | 
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| 144 | Squirtle | 
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| 145 | Squirtle | 
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| 146 | Jessie James Meowth | 
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| 147 | Butterfree | 
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| 148 | Jessie James Butterfree | 
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| 149 | Butterfree | 
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| 150 | Butterfree Ash | 
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| 151 | Psyduck Misty | 
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| 152 & 153 | Misty Ash Pikachu | 
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| 154 | Venonat | 
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| 155 | Jessie James Meowth | 
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| 156 | Jessie James Meowth Psyduck | 
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| 157 | Koga | 
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| 158 | Charmander | 
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| 159 | Golbat | 
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| 160 | Ash | 
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| 161 | Ash Brock Misty Pikachu | 
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| 162 | Psyduck | 
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| 163 | Psyduck Misty Pikachu | 
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| 164 | Psyduck Ekans Weezing | 
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| 165 | Psyduck Misty | 
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| 166 | Pikachu Ash | 
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| 167 | Pikachu Kadabra | 
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| 168 | Kadabra | 
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| 169 | Haunter | 
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| 170 | Haunter | 
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| 171 & 172 | Ash Misty Brock Pikachu | 
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| 174 | Electabuzz | 
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| 175 | Scyther | 
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| 176 | Hitmonlee Raticate Kingler Machamp | 
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| 177 | Electabuzz | 
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| 178 | Ash Machamp Hitmonchan Hitmonlee | 
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| 179 | Pikachu Ash | 
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| 180 | Pikachu | 
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| 181 | Pikachu Ash Misty Brock | 
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| 182 | Slowpoke | 
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| 183 | Slowpoke | 
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| 184 | Slowpoke Ekans Pikachu | 
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| 185 | Slowpoke | 
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| 186 | Primeape | 
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| 187 | Charmander | 
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| 188 | Primeape Charmander | 
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| 189 | Primeape | 
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| 190 | Charmander | 
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| 191 & 192 | Misty Ash Brock Pikachu | 
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| 193 | Misty Ash Brock Pikachu | 
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| 194 | Meowth | 
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| 195 | Meowth | 
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| 196 | Pikachu Meowth Togepi | 
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| 197 | Togepi | 
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| 198 | Togepi | 
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| 199 & 200 | Onix Meowth | 
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| 201 | Pikachu Ash Brock Misty | 
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| 202 | Rapidash Ash | 
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| 203 | dodrio | 
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| 204 | Ash | 
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| 205 | Rapidash Ash | 
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| 206 | Rapidash Ash | 
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Poster cards
Each collectors album has a poster with special poster cards. For this set it consists of 10 cards numbered with an 's'.
| Set # | Pokémon | Card |
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| s1 | Ash | 
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| s2 | Ash & Pikachu | 
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| s3 | Boulder Badge | 
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| s4 | Thunder Badge | 
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| s5 | Cascade Badge | 
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| s6 | Marsh Badge | 
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| s7 | Rainbow Badge | 
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| s8 | Volcano Badge | 
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| s9 | Soul Badge | 
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| s10 | Earth Badge | 
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Sealed items of Pokémon Merlin cards
Booster boxes have 100 packs inside with each pack having 7 cards.
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Promotional items of Pokémon Merlin series 2
For this set there was made a promotional album to collect all the cards from 2000.
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