Pokémon Trading Cards series 3

Pokémon Trading Cards series 3 was a set of Pokémon cards manufactured by Topps in 2000. There were 72 cards in total: 34 Pokémon cards, 12 "Heroes & Villains" cards, 19 episode cards, 6 puzzle cards, and a checklist card. Each of these 72 cards also had two foil card versions (silver and rainbow). In addition, there were 27 bonus "chase cards" not included on the checklist, including 12 die-cut embossed evolution cards, 10 pop-up cards, and 5 clear cards.
Cards were sold in randomly distributed packets of five or eightPokémon TV Series 3 (Jeff Allender's House of Checklist). One card in each packet would be a randomly chosen foil card. Packs containing rainbow foil cards were distinguished by an oval "Special Collector's Edition" stamp; the boxes the packs came in also featured the same stamp.
A French, Italian, and Spanish series 2 set also included cards from both this set and the series 2 set. This set is characterized by a round Nintendo seal, as opposed to the oval Nintendo seal. Cards used from the series 2 set include all Pokémon (#77-117) and Heroes & Villains cards (HV1-5); cards used from series 3 include all Pokémon (#118-151) and episode cards (OR1-19). The set contained no chase cards.
Topps' 75th Anniversary card set from 2013 featured stamped buyback cards, confirmed to include some cards from Series 1, Series 3 & Pokémon First Movie. These are cards that Topps bought from the secondhand market via the buyback program and stamped with a gold "Topps 75th" logo. Some of the cards that were from Series 3 in the 75th Anniversary set include: HV6 Pikachu (silver foil), HV6 Pikachu, P03 (non-foil)
==Collecting summary==
Set 	Example front	No. of cards	Cards each pack 	Packs needed to finish
Non holo 	 	72/72 cards 	6 out of 8 cards each pack 	12 packs
Smooth silver foil 	 	72/72 cards 	1 out of 8 cards each pack*	72 packs
Smooth rainbow foil	 	72/72 cards 	1 out of 8 cards each pack*	72 packs
Diecut cards 	 	12/12 cards 	1 every 12 packs 	144 packs
Pop-up cards 	 	10/10 cards 	1 every 6 packs 	60 packs
Clear cards 	 	5/10 cards 	1 every 9 packs 	45 packs
 *Depends if it is a Silver or Rainbow foil booster pack.
==Cards in series 3==
===Pokémon===
===Heroes & Villains===
These cards are a continuation of the Heroes & Villains cards introduced in series 2. As of such, they are numbered beginning with #6 to form a continuous set.
===Episode cards===
Much like the episode cards in series 2, there are nineteen episode cards in series 3. The series 3 cards, rather than continuing from where the series 2 cards stopped, instead feature Orange Islands episodes.
===Puzzle cards===
Set #	Front	Front description 	Back
P01 	 	Pikachu with apple 	
P02 	 	Charmander and Pikachu painting	
P03 	 	Pokémon and Poké Ball balloons 	
P04 	 	Pikachu brushing its teeth 	
P05 	 	Squirtle and Pikachu 	
P06 	 	Charmander and Pikachu singing 	
===Other===
==Chase cards==
===Die-cut Embossed Cards===
There are 12 die-cut embossed evolution cards in the set, representing four three-stage evolutionary lines. The image of each Pokémon and the Pokémon logo are embossed.
Set #	Front	Back	Pokémon
EVO1 	 	 	
EVO2 	 	 	
EVO3 	 	 	
EVO4 	 	 	
EVO5 	 	 	
EVO6 	 	 	
EVO7 	 	 	
EVO8 	 	 	
EVO9 	 	 	
EVO10	 	 	
EVO11	 	 	
EVO12	 	 	
===Pop-up cards===
There are 10 pop-up cards in the set. Each pop-up card has an image of a Pokémon or human character which can be punched out and then propped up using the rest of the card for support. 
Set #	Front	Back	Character
P1 	 	 	
P2 	 	 	
P3 	 	 	
P4 	 	 	
P5 	 	 	Team Rocket
P6 	 	 	
P7 	 	 	
P8 	 	 	
P9 	 	 	
P10 	 	 	
===Clear cards===
Like the Heroes & Villains cards, the clear cards in series 3 are numbered in continuation with the clear cards from series 2.
Set #	Front	Back	Pokémon
PC6 	 	 	
PC7 	 	 	
PC8 	 	 	
PC9 	 	 	
PC10 	 	 	
==Trivia==
===Errors===
* Various cards contain capitalization errors or minor spelling or grammatical errors.
* On #125 Electabuzz, "Yas" is misspelled as "Yaz".
==References==
Category:Collectible cards