{"id":10341,"date":"2020-11-29T23:55:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T23:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/magician-uri-geller-gives-nintendo-permission-to-use-kadabra-in-pokemon-tcg-after-20-years"},"modified":"2024-07-20T02:38:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:38:21","slug":"magician-uri-geller-gives-nintendo-permission-to-use-kadabra-in-pokemon-tcg-after-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/magician-uri-geller-gives-nintendo-permission-to-use-kadabra-in-pokemon-tcg-after-20-years","title":{"rendered":"Magician Uri Geller gives Nintendo permission to use Kadabra in Pok\u00e9mon TCG after 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pokémon Trading Card Game craze has seen a bit of a resurgence lately. Not thanks to the gameplay side of things, which has always maintained a strong following, but rather due to streamers jumping on the pack opening and auctioning of rarer Pokémon TCG cards.<\/p>\n

From Twitch personalities like Trainwreckstv and Mizkif to YouTube sensations Logan Paul or PewDiePie, Pokémon TCG unboxings have become a great source of content for all sorts of creators.<\/p>\n

In said packs you can find a plethora of Pokémon with different versions printed — of course, rare 1st Edition Pokémon TCG<\/a> cards are expensive and highly sought after from collectors, and can sell for thousands of dollars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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1est edition cards are very rare and often worth a ton of money (Picture: The Pokémon Company)<\/span><\/p>\n

One Pokémon that’s been absent for almost two decades from the card game is Kadabra, the middle evolution in Abra’s path to becoming Alakazam.<\/p>\n

The reason? Illusionist Uri Geller prevented The Pokémon Company from printing any, as he didn’t agree to his resemblance being used for commercial purposes. <\/p>\n

Kadabra, originally named Yungerer in Japan, was clearly taking inspiration from the famous Geller, who decided to sue Nintend<\/a>o, preventing them from using the Pokémon in the TCG moving forward. A deal that’s been in place until today. <\/p>\n