Grading, assuming its a good grade and not a PSA 5, for example, will increase the value
From what Ive seen so far, Pocket is less about the competitive meta of the physical Pokemon trading card game and more about the collecting aspect of the beautiful cards fans know and love and thats not such a bad thing
It's a chance to draw rare cards that can enrich your collection or make your deck stronger
So the accurate framing is: First Pokmon cards ever sold: Bandai Carddass, late September 1996 First Pokmon TCG cards: CoroCoro Pikachu and Jigglypuff, October 15, 1996 First Pokmon TCG set: Japanese Base Set, October 20, 1996 The CoroCoro promos are the true starting point of the Pokmon TCG as a game and a collecting hobby
With Collector Boosters, each pack is guaranteed to include at least one Jurassic World card among the 15 cards insidethough I pulled two cards at once out of a couple packs myself