2000 Pokémon Grand Party Trainer Certification Card CGC 8

Ah yes, the crown jewel of my collection. When I got back into the hobby, this was one of the first grails I had set my eyes on. Shockingly enough, I was able to find a clean copy at a good price and was even luckier that it scored an 8. Honestly, I didn't properly clean this card before grading it, it has a smudge on the back that could be wiped off with a microfiber cloth and potentially score higher if resubmitted. Its time to offer it to another collector to fund future grails.

In conjunction with the establishment of the Pokémon Fan Club in April 1999 and the start of the first part of the Grand Party 1999-2000, the "Passport Challenge" was introduced to those who attended the Challenge Road '99 Summer events between July and August 1999. Participants were given a challenge passport to record details of any battles conducted during the Grand Party 1999-2000 campaign, covering Challenge Road 1999, Autumn Battle Road 1999 and Spring Battle Road 2000. Upon recording the details of 50 matches they'd viewed, they could claim this card as a reward.

It was previously believed that after completing the Passport Challenge participants were then entered into a lottery for the chance to win this card, but that was simply a mistranslation. There was a lottery involved after this card had been obtained; the prize for completing the Passport Challenge was both this card and entrance into a lottery which offered the chance to win invites to attend the Champion Road 2000 event. (source: Bulbapedia)