Crown Zenith: How to Identify Cards From This Set

• This set contains a dedicated alternate-art subset called the Galarian Gallery, numbered with a 'GG' prefix separate from the main set's numbers.
• Crown Zenith was the last set released in the Sword & Shield Series before the Scarlet & Violet era began.
• An independent card database lists card No. 1 of the main set as Regulation Mark F (most main-set and Galarian Gallery cards are F; some older reprints carry D or E).

• Energy card copyright-year variants: This set's basic Energy cards exist in two forms: an un-numbered reverse-holo print with 2022 copyright reusing the Brilliant Stars design, and a numbered textured-holo print with 2023 copyright included in the set's own numbering.

• VSTAR Universe (Japanese counterpart): VSTAR Universe is the larger Japanese high-class pack (262 cards) that Crown Zenith draws from; it has its own Reverse Glitter Holofoil parallel print run not present in the English Crown Zenith release.

Numbering was verified directly on Bulbapedia's card list: main set 001/159-159/159, one secret rare at 160/159, and the Galarian Gallery GG01/GG70-GG70/GG70, totalling 230 cards, matching the set infobox's 'encards=230'.

• Bottom-left or bottom-right corner: the set symbol and the collector number (e.g. 4/102) tell you the set; older cards have no symbol at all, which itself narrows them to Base Set.
• Left of the number: a 1st Edition stamp, if present, sits below the art on WOTC-era cards.
• Regulation mark (a letter in a box near the bottom, D through H so far) dates modern cards to a two-year window.
• Back of the card: the blue Poké Ball back has changed little since 1999; a washed-out, blurry or wrongly colored back is the first sign of a fake.

Lay the card flat on a dark surface in daylight, straight on, with the whole card in frame, then a close-up of the bottom edge where the set symbol, number and any edition stamp sit. Tilt holo cards under the light for a second shot to show the foil pattern. Photograph the back too. The app reads the card and set; the edition and rarity checks above tell you which version you have.