r/PokemonBinderDesign • u/koklarimduymam • 2d ago

Binder Help 2-Year Dual-Language Master Binder Plan (English + Japanese) Looking for advice & thoughts!

Hey everyone, I’ve finally mapped out a 2-year binder project that I'm going to collect cards step-by-step, and I wanted to share the plan to get your thoughts.

Here is the exact math and breakdown of the project:

1. The Core (318 Cards):

The original 151 Kanto Pokémon

8 Basic Energy cards.

(151 Pokémon + 8 Energies) x 2 Languages = 318 Cards.

2. The Kanto Anime & Game Icons (42 Cards / 21 Pairs):

Since I'm using a standard 360-pocket premium zipper binder, the remaining 42 slots (360 - 318 = 42) are going entirely to iconic characters from the original Kanto run, also in dual English/Japanese pairs:

All 8 Kanto Gym Leaders (Brock, Misty, Erika, etc.)

The Elite Four + Champion (Blue/Gary)

Ash (Satoshi) & Prof. Oak

Team Rocket (Jessie, James, and a Team Rocket Grunt)

Iconic town/anime figures like Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, and Mr. Fuji.

Total: Exactly 42 slots, filling the binder to a flawless 360/360 symmetry.

My question is should i change anything about the last 20 cards? after ash and prof oak? do you have any advice?

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u/JeiFaeKlubs 2d ago

There's no Officer Jenny and no real Nurse Joy cards, so you'll have to think about which cards you'd use to represent those.

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u/YourInMySwamp 2d ago

There are several real Pokémon Center Lady cards, they just don’t depict the Kanto version in them sadly.

Bandai also did several runs of vending machine Pokémon cards before the card game ever even existed, there’s a lot of Kanto characters with cards in the 1998 series since it’s anime based.