Fortunately, working out the set a card is from is easy, as it's all printed on the card if you know where to look
Paul reacted with surprise and excitement
Once you have enough games played, you can make some adjustments before taking the deck out again
Supposedly, before the original set of cards was released, the company stamped PRERELEASE on several Raichu cards and gave it to a few employees
Here is what I have so far: Base Set 1st Edition Holo - 1st run (Thick Stamps) : Company ?, Date: 11/98 , Form 7, Sign-Off: 11-30-98 7:25AM 1st Edition Holo - 2nd run (Thin Stamps) : Company ?, Date: 01/99 , Form 7, Version 2, Job #P06057270 00 0140, Sign-Off: 1-3-99 2:45PM, TP (Time for Print): 12/10/98 D.Davis 1st Edition Holo - 3nd run (Shadowless) : Company ?, Date: 01/99 , Form 7, Version 3, Job #P06057270 00 0140, TP (Time for Print): 12/10/98 D.Davis Unlimited Holo - 1st Run (Shadowless) : Company: ?, Date: Unlimited Holo - 1st Run (Shadowless) : 2/99 , Form 9, Job #
The big problems here (apart from it being quite time consuming) are that modern fakes are generally not thin enough for the light test to be conclusive - and that the huge variety of different holographic card treatments in Pokmon nowadays react to light in totally different ways
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