>>57780816>Guess it depends on you local community.It also depends on if it's just local league play or a sanctioned tournament, the latter has rules effectively banning lewd sleeves/mats.
>>57780992Weren't Slowking and Sneasel banned from competitive play at some point? Also...
>SlowkingJust another notch in WOTC's bad localization that eventually led to 'em losing the license to the Pokémon TCG.
>>57781003I was going to post a long explanation on it but you hit the nail on the head, it was even distributed around the time the 2001 copyright info on ad insert and a sold eBay listing shows off the artist name for that card in the listing's pics.
As far as opening it or keeping it sealed is concerned you're better off keeping it sealed, they're pretty rare and the last one sold on eBay went for $850.
>>57781031And here I am pissing in an ocean of piss with sealed League Challenge prize promos and a sealed Pikachu & Zekrom GX League Battle Deck.