The earliest and rarest of all Charizards. Before the 1999 English 1st edition Base set Charizard, there was the 1996 Japanese Base set Charizard, and for its initial print run, there was a very small Zorua Illustrator back of card is supposed to be glossy? General Elite Fourum CGC Cards Hot List: Top 5 Japanese Pokmon Sets CGC Card Sleeves Mega Absol with elegance Pokmon Card Game Authentic Japanese Pokmon TCG Sleeves Worldwide delivery from Japan Ichiba Japan