Both booster boxes have been kept in mint condition, with their owner displaying them within a gift shop as wholesale products - before putting them up for sale with a company called Ewbanks Auctions, whose sports & entertainment memorabilia department manages lots containing items like rare collectibles
On the Venusaur, the indicator is on the back of the card where it sais BANDAI 1996 MADE IN JAPAN On the real card, the font size on the top and the bottom of that map picture is the same and none of it is bold - its very very thin type
The card also saw some play in the actual game early on
Hey, why not try getting a Marit LageMarit Lage of your own, or some other scary monsterscary monster
The mana value is the combined costs of both rooms unless the card is on the stack or the battlefield
I have had a 25 year vintage card that was pop 1 for a long time become pop 2 recently