Erika’s Tangela AR Style 743/742 (Start Deck 100 Battle Collection) Pokémon PSA 10 Guide

The Card Text, Rendered

The database page prints one Ability and one attack. Our rendering of the Japanese is below; English wording is a rendering, not an official localisation.

We do not generalise this card’s text to other cards of the run. The one structural point is that the Ability names a group, “Erika’s Pokémon” (エリカのポケモン), rather than a single card.

The deck-building rules that surround a Basic Pokémon like this are official and short. A deck is 60 cards, and the official how-to-play page says a deck must include at least one Basic Pokémon: 「たねポケモンは、デッキに1枚以上入れないといけないよ。」 A deck may hold up to four cards with the same name, with basic Energy exempt. For beginners the same page suggests starting with 15 Energy and about 30 Trainers, which leaves about 15 Pokémon.

The Product: MEGA Start Deck 100 Battle Collection

The card belongs to a starter-deck product, not an expansion pack. The official product page and notices give these facts.

The official page does not list a coin, a playmat or a code card. On the general beginner page, pokemon-card.com describes constructed decks as the choice for people who want to start battling quickly, with a 60-card deck included, as opposed to booster packs for people who just want to collect cards. That is the official framing for the product this card comes from.

Two official notices add context. The December 19, 2025 notice says additional production will continue according to sales, and asks customers not to contact shops about re-sale. A second notice on December 20, 2025 corrected a packing error in decks No.004 and No.101; it concerns those two decks and not the card in this guide. The deck numbering in the official text runs 001 to 100, and the notice confirms that a deck No.101 exists. Fan sites (PokéWiki and premium.gamepedia.jp) report 102 variations in total; that figure is a report, not an official count.

A second practical point comes from the same page: a single-deck product cannot be played on its own, because a game needs two or more decks. A newcomer who opens one deck therefore needs a second deck from this product or another before the first game. Each deck is 60 cards, which matches the official deck-size rule quoted above.

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Our store also lists the sealed product as the MEGA Start Deck 100 Battle Collection, currently listed at ¥1,097 (~$7). The deck is random, so buying one is not a way to target a particular high-number card; the guide to the Start Deck 100 Battle Collection covers the product, and the regular vs White Box guide covers the two sealed listings.

The Run That Starts at 743

The base numbering of MC is 001 to 742. premium.gamepedia.jp reports the high numbers 743 to 766 as 24 cards, with 743 to 756 given as the AR Style cards. Its list, as captured on October 29, 2026, reads: 743 エリカのモンジャラ, 744 エンニュート, 745 ヒバニー, 746 マニューラ, 748 マリル, 749 ジュペッタ, 750 ペロリーム, 751 カポエラー, 752 メレシー, 753 グラエナ, 754 クチート, 755 イーブイ and 756 アオキのムクホーク. That list does not include 747, although our own catalogue names a Vikavolt AR Style as MC 747/742.

The official database lets us confirm three of these cards, with their printed details.

The three illustrator credits are three different people, so the run is not the work of one artist. The 755/742 イーブイ carries the Ability ブーストしんか and the attack とつげき30, which the database prints with 10 damage to the Pokémon itself, while the 749/742 ジュペッタ is a Stage 1 with 90 HP. Those details belong to their own cards and say nothing about the Tangela.

Our guide to the Style secret cards ranked by PSA 10 price covers the run as a whole, and the guide to MEGA Charizard Y ex 766/742 covers the number at the other end.

How to Tell Which Erika’s Tangela You Hold

The number printed on the card is the first thing to read. The table sets out what each reading points to.

For a graded copy, the slab label records the number the grader entered, so compare it with the number printed on the card. We do not quote label wording; the photo on each product page shows what the label reads. A PSA 10 designation means the card was graded 10 by PSA, and the listing photo is the place to confirm which card is in the slab.

If you are new to the game behind these cards, our beginner guide to playing Pokémon cards covers the rules, and the Starter Set ex comparison sets other Japanese beginner decks side by side.

A Note on the October 29, 2026 Trademark Reports

On October 29, 2026 fan sites reported a Japanese trademark filing for 「バトルスタートデッキ」 (working English translation: Battle Start Deck; no official English name exists), which collectors read as a possible beginner-deck product; nothing is announced. Our Battle Start Deck trademark article explains what is confirmed and what is not, and the ex★ 2027 trademarks round-up places it next to the three other reported names.

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