A true Japan-only oddity. These prism cards weren't sold in packs — they spat out of Banpresto's "Terebi Denwa: Super Mario World" arcade cabinet, one per Y100 coin, starting in 1992. Every card is a full-bleed prism foil with a punchy "Mario vs." action caption — Mario vs. Magikoopa, vs. Dino Rhino, vs. Charging Chuck — pulled straight from the SNES game. Our shelf catalogs 36 cards spanning a 1992 Part 1 and a 1993 Part 2 follow-up. Because they came loose out of a machine rather than sealed packs, clean copies are tough, and they almost never surfaced outside Japan. For a Super Mario World collector this is one of the most charming pre-Pokemon Nintendo card lines you can chase.
- 1Every card is a prism foil — there is no non-holo base version.
- 2Two foil textures exist across the series: 'Soft Prism' and 'Hard Prism' (graders distinguish them on the slab).
- 3Cards bear 'Mario vs.' action captions (e.g. Mario vs. Magikoopa, Mario vs. Bowser, Mario vs. Dino Rhino) in Japanese, drawn from the Super Mario World game.
- 4Dispensed loose from the Terebi Denwa arcade cabinet for Y100, not sold in sealed packs.
Every card is a prism (holo), so the foil shows handling fast — fine surface scratches and print lines across the holo field are the first thing to check, more so than centering. Note whether a card is the Soft Prism or Hard Prism texture, as graders label them separately. Edges chip to white easily on the dark borders. These were dispensed loose from an arcade cabinet, so honest corner wear is the norm and high grades are genuinely scarce.
Every card in the set, across all 2 editions. Pick an edition to narrow the listed copies; listed cards are clickable.
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