Pokémon Sleeves - Celebi and Friends (64 pcs, Japanese)

64 official Japanese Pokémon sleeves featuring Celebi and Friends, released by the Pokémon Center for the Japanese set Mega Brave.

Specifications

• Quantity: 64 sleeves
• Artwork: Celebi with other Pokémon
• Origin: Pokémon Center Japan, Mega Brave period
• Officially licensed Japanese product

Why 64 and not 65

Western sleeve packs contain 65, Japanese ones 64 — a difference that comes down purely to convention in the two markets. A deck holds 60 cards either way, so you'll have a few spares left over regardless. Just keep in mind that Japanese sleeves are sized for Japanese cards, which are a fraction smaller than Western ones.

About Celebi

Celebi is the mythical Pokémon of both the forest and time: wherever it appears, the greenery flourishes, and it can travel through time. In the games that makes it the hinge of more than one story — in Pokémon Crystal it takes you back to the past to meet Giovanni's father. A Psychic and Grass type, and one of the hardest Pokémon to obtain ever since 2000.

What sleeves are for

Sleeves protect your cards from fingerprints, moisture and damaged edges, and they let a deck shuffle more smoothly. At tournaments they're effectively mandatory: every card back in your deck has to look identical, so no one can tell which card you're holding from the back.

Another Japanese design with multiple Pokémon is the Yurutto playmat. From the same maker there's the pack with Flying Charizard.